William Rounseville Alger

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

Words of love, are works of love.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Public opinion is a second conscience.