Samuel Quotes

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

Avarice is always poor.

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as much to enforce their maxims by the credit of their lives

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.

Those that have loved longest love best.

What kills me is that everybody thinks I like Jazz.

I love comic books and I love anime.

I see myself as a storyteller. So, when I read something, I see the story, and I see it on screen, in my head, in a certain way. I always want to see it and see me in it.

I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character actors don't usually get the lead in movies. It rarely happens.

I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.

Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel is for real.

Social and political life is a Society for the Diffusion of Mendacity .

One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.

Where's the snow That fell the year that's fled--where's the snow?

How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might, would, could, should, or ought to be written! - I will venture to say, will be written!

At the vital point of truth, we all become a conscientious objector.

I am doubtful that there will be any sort of real coherence of Muslim societies into a single political system run by an elected or non-elected group of leaders.

They've come to overthrow the court, sir!

But it is pretty to see what money will do.

I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men.

Did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world do not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was.

Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.

The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die.

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

Good men must be affectionate men.

Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to land, ye would wade, not only through a sea of wrongs, but through hell itself to be with Him.

Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.

After every storm, there comes clear open skies.

No created powers can mar our Lord Jesus' music, nor spill our song of joy. Let us then be glad and rejoice in the salvation of our Lord

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.

Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.

Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.

Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.

The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.

Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.

The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.

The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.

Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.

Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse--either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.

Deep thinking is attainable only by a man of deep feeling, and all truth is a species of revelation

I love being superior to myself better than [to] my equals.