Heart Quote by James Ellis

Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.

— James Ellis

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

— James Ellis

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

— James Ellis

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.

— James Ellis

The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.

— James Ellis

Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a…

— James Ellis

True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the…

— James Ellis

Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.

— James Ellis

Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.

— James Ellis

The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.

— James Ellis

Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either…

— James Ellis

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.

— James Ellis