136 Quotes by Alexander Smith

Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England!

To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.

To bring the best human qualities to anything like perfection, to fill them with the sweet juices of courtesy and charity, prosperity, or, at all events, a moderate amount of it, is required,--just as sunshine is needed for the ripening of peaches and apricots.

Pride's chickens have bonny feathers, but they are an expensive brood to rear. They eat up everything, and are always lean when brought to market.

Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.

The only thing a man knows is himself.

A single soul is richer than all the worlds.