Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances. — Jeremy Collier Being equal Copy Share Image
People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. — Jeremy Collier Boredom Copy Share Image
People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances. — Jeremy Collier Countenance Copy Share Image
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from being a… — Jeremy Collier Age Copy Share Image
He that would relish success to a purpose should keep his passions cool, and his expectations low; and then it is possible… — Jeremy Collier Advantage Copy Share Image
Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart… — Jeremy Collier Advise Copy Share Image
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way. — Jeremy Collier Adversity Copy Share Image
Self-conceit is a weighty quality, and will sometimes bring down the scale when there is nothing else in it. It magnifies a… — Jeremy Collier Conceit Copy Share Image
Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess. — Jeremy Collier Character Copy Share Image
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. — Jeremy Collier Book Copy Share Image
The more we sink into the infirmities of age, the nearer we are to immortal youth. All people are young in the… — Jeremy Collier Abuse Copy Share Image
Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the… — Jeremy Collier Breasts Copy Share Image
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. — Jeremy Collier Brave Copy Share Image
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their… — Jeremy Collier Company Copy Share Image
By reading a man does, as it were, antedate his life, and make himself contemporary with the ages past; and this way… — Jeremy Collier Age Copy Share Image
Temperance keeps the senses clear and unembarrassed, and makes them seize the object with more keenness and satisfaction. It appears with life… — Jeremy Collier Business Copy Share Image
