Jewels Quotes by William Rounseville Alger

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

— William Rounseville Alger

Nemesis is one of God's handmaids.

— William Rounseville Alger

Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature.

— William Rounseville Alger

Keep your working power at its maximum.

— William Rounseville Alger

God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.

— William Rounseville Alger

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

— William Rounseville Alger

The most terrible of all things is terror.

— William Rounseville Alger

Tears are the tribute of humanity to its destiny.

— William Rounseville Alger

The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.

— William Rounseville Alger

Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication…

— William Rounseville Alger

Polite beggary is too common.

— William Rounseville Alger

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

— William Rounseville Alger