Pleasure has no logic; it never treads in its own footsteps. — Alexander Smith Footsteps Copy Share Image
Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they… — Alexander Smith Eternity Copy Share Image
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs… — Alexander Smith Age Copy Share Image
Thoughts must come naturally, like wild-flowers; they cannot be forced in a hot-bed, even although aided by the leaf-mould of your past. — Alexander Smith Bed Copy Share Image
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees… — Alexander Smith Air Copy Share Image
The globe has been circumnavigated, but no man ever yet has; you may survey a kingdom and note the result in maps,… — Alexander Smith Globes Copy Share Image
In winter, when the dismal rain Comes down in slanting lines, And Wind, that grand old harper, smote His thunder-harp of pines. — Alexander Smith Harper Copy Share Image
And in any case, to the old man, when the world becomes trite, the triteness arises not so much from a cessation… — Alexander Smith Afternoon Copy Share Image
Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England! — Alexander Smith Brilliant Copy Share Image
In my garden, care stops at the gate and gazes at me wistfully through the bars. — Alexander Smith Bars Copy Share Image
The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him. — Alexander Smith Forever Copy Share Image
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. — Alexander Smith Creation Copy Share Image
There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve. — Alexander Smith Doe Copy Share Image
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. — Alexander Smith Discovery Copy Share Image
It is the sternest philosophy, but on the whole the truest, that, in the wide arena of the world, failure and success… — Alexander Smith Accidents Copy Share Image
I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent… — Alexander Smith Air Copy Share Image
Death, which we are accustomed to consider an evil, really acts for us the friendliest part, and takes away the commonplace of… — Alexander Smith Commonplace Copy Share Image
Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. — Alexander Smith Death Copy Share Image
A great man is the man who does something for the first time. — Alexander Smith First time Copy Share Image
In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one… — Alexander Smith Life Copy Share Image
Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid. — Alexander Smith Coffins Copy Share Image
