Ed Martin Quotes

The pen has shaken nations.

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit; And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation.

Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day; And in one little word, our life, what is it but--To-day?

How dear to the mind of the sage are the thoughts that are bred in loneliness; for there is as it were music at his heart, and he talketh within him as with friends.

To be accurate, write; to remember, write; to know thine own mind, write. And a written prayer is a prayer of faith, special, sure, and to be answered.

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.

A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection; And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder.

Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay.

The most wretched have yet hope.

Wealth oft-times killeth, where want but hindered the budding.

Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education, But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things.

Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to this measure of capacity; precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him.

How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders; but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee.

None is poor but the mean in mind, the timorous, the weak, and unbelieving; none is wealthy but the affluent in soul, who is satisfied and floweth over.

Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

Economy, the poor man's mint.

He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

The sun of the mind, and the life of the heart is Wisdom. She is pure and full of light, crowning grey hairs with lustre, And kindling the eye of youth with a fire not its own.

Knowledge is leagued with the universe, and findeth a friend in all things; but ignorance is everywhere a stranger, unwelcome; ill at ease and out of place.

The mines of knowledge are often laid bare by the hazel-wand of chance.

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Who shall guess what I may be?Who can tell my fortune to me?For, bravest and brightest that ever was sungMay be - and shall be - the lot of the young!

For life, good youth, hath never an illWhich hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill;And stubborn realities never shall bindThe free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.

Take the good with the evil, for ye all are pensioners of God, and none may choose or refuse the cup His wisdom mixeth.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.

Reason refuseth its homage to a God who can be fully understood.

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.

Love with life is heaven; and life, unloving, hell.

If thou wilt think evil of thy neighbour, soon shalt thou have him for thy foe.

Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.

Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.

Age hath its quiet calm, and youth enjoyeth not for haste.

An artful or false woman shall set thy pillow with thorns.

Policy counselleth a gift, given wisely and in season; And policy afterwards approveth it, for great is the influence of gifts.

Hope and be happy that all's for the best!

Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.

Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.

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

I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.

Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.

And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgment, on art, on a feel for financial markets.

The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar.

In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation or decreased economic growth.

Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been a highly cooperative enterprise.

Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern Seaboard.

High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.