Heavy Quote by Roger Ascham

“Short devotions are the bane of deep piety. Calmness, grasp, strength, are never the companions of hurry.”

— E.M. Bounds

Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the…

— William Shakespeare

“Since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.”

— William Shakespeare

Rare qualities may sometimes be prerogatives without being advantages; and though a needless ostentation of ones excellencies may be more glorious, a modest concealment…

— Robert Boyle

“In that day every trial borne in patience will be pleasing and the voice of iniquity will be stilled; the devout will be glad;…

— Thomas à Kempis

There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which…

— Anonymous

“We can be kind, generous, just, courteous, and merciful sporadically, but to display those virtues, consistently, calls for an enormous display of courage.”

— Gary Zukav

What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere? 'Hold my purse'.

— Francois Morency

“Wherever in life it may be, whether amongst its tough, coarsely poor, and untidily moldering mean ranks, or its monotonously cold and boringly tidy…

— Nikolai Gogol

By woe the soul to daring action steals; by woe in plaintless patience it excels.

— Richard Savage

“I find it magnificent how beau-tiful, loose ends find each other in the world if one only waits with de-cent patience, resilience, and quite…

— J.D. Salinger