131 Quotes by Martin Farquhar Tupper

Speech is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought.

Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.

One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.

Yet is beauty the pleasing trickery that cheateth half the world.

Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.

Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger.

He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names, For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by their evils; Or otherwise may hinder by their glories; therefore set him by himself, To win for his individual name some clear praise.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.