The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Sunsets in themselves are generally superior to sunrises; but with the sunset we appreciate images drawn from departed peace and faded glory. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Many persons feel art, some understand it; but few both feel and understand it. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
If liberty with law is fire on the hearth, liberty without law is fire on the floor. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
One might feel indignant at the injustice which deals out what is called fame with so unequal a hand, were it not for the… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
It may be too much to expect that nations should be governed in their relations towards each other by the precepts of Christian morality,… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Strategy is the most important department of the art of war, and strategical skill is the highest and rarest function of military genius. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
A sluggish, dawdling, and dilatory man may have spasms of activity, but he never acts continuously and consecutively with energetic quickness. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
A vacant mind invites dangerous inmates, as a deserted mansion tempts wandering outcasts to enter and take up their abode in its desolate apartments. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
