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Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act read more
Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing read more
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her read more
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?
An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was read more
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.
