All Alexander Smith Quotes
- In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to… Air
- My garden, with its silence and pulses of fragrance that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at… Affects
- Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings. Desire
- The sea complains upon a thousand shores. Complaining
- Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid. Blazon
- A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. Man
- Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect,… All
- If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well. All
- There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury. Difficult
- There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve. Doe
- If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit… Action
- To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. Care
- Trees are your best antiques Antiques
- If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race,… Best
- I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of Eden's roses… Air
- We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once. Happiness
- I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. All
- A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity. Doe
- I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. Memorial Day
- Books are a finer world within the world. (1863) Book