136 Quotes by Alexander Smith

There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul.

To-day is always different from yesterday.

A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.

In winter, when the dismal rain Comes down in slanting lines, And Wind, that grand old harper, smote His thunder-harp of pines.

Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.

My garden, with its silence and pulses of fragrance that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at the gates, and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

A poem round and perfect as a star.

Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics.