There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. Henry Ward Beecher on learning
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. Henry Ward Beecher on love
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is: that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. Henry Ward Beecher on perseverance
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. Henry Ward Beecher on success
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. Henry Ward Beecher on success
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. Henry Ward Beecher on wealth
I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation. Samuel Osgood on love
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes men from animals. Sir William Osler on animals
Ambition is a lust that's never quenched, grows more inflamed, and madder by enjoyment. Otway on ambition
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment. Thomas Otway on success
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear. Thomas Overbury on absence