Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can add it. Read full biography of William R. Alger →
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.
Words of love, are works of love.
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
Public opinion is a second conscience.
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created... →
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.