There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How strange that so few of us try a course of the same medicine!
It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments. - John Frederick Boyes
It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.
- John Frederick Boyes
Sombre thoughts and fancies often require a little real soil or substance to flourish in; they are the dark pine-trees which take root in, and frown … - John Frederick Boyes
Sombre thoughts and fancies often require a little real soil or substance to flourish in; they are the dark pine-trees which take root in, and frown …
It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it. - John Frederick Boyes
It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it.
Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to eith… - John Frederick Boyes
Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to eith…
There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How … - John Frederick Boyes
There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How …
There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The hounds … - John Frederick Boyes
There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The hounds …
Where there is much general deformity nature has often, perhaps generally, accorded some one bodily grace even in over-measure. So, no doubt, with th… - John Frederick Boyes
Where there is much general deformity nature has often, perhaps generally, accorded some one bodily grace even in over-measure. So, no doubt, with th…
It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the… - John Frederick Boyes
It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the…
We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances. - John Frederick Boyes
We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances.
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