6 Quotes by Mortimer Collins

Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure.

There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and who play Chess.

O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.

Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.

The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind.

There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist – Then he was a Man and a Positivist.