True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool," but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality. — James Ellis Copy Share Image
