71 Quotes by Gelett Burgess

There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

Book-hunters are the most determined and interesting collectors in the world. I know of no passion to equal it.

If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

As the dog becomes thoroughbred in the laws of clan and caste; obedient, fraternal and loyal; so is the man who accepts the gentleman's code.

Son, heed my instruction, and apply thyself to know women; let thine eyes observe her when she is with another, for what she doeth with him, she will do with thee, also.

My son, beware of a plain damsel who charmeth thee, for she needeth much wile, and useth diverse weapons.

A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool.

If thou makest a statement concerning women, lo, she shall immediately try to disprove it straightway. She goeth by contraries.