A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse, and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Others Quotes
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
The apparent insufficiency of every individual to his own happiness or safety compels us to seek from one another assistance and support. The necessity of joint efforts for the execution of any great or extensive design, the variety of powers disseminated in the species, and the proportion between the defects and excellences of different persons […]
You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
Ought is not a word we use to other people. It is a word we should reserve for ourselves.
There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.
All we really want is otherness, tossing from side to side, and greeting evey toss with shouts of welcome, and of contempt for the previous toss.
