Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
