Bed Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise…

— W. Somerset Maugham

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I was amongst the virtues like the great Turk in his seraglio of women, and I chose to dwell with that virtue which looked…

— Sarah Fielding

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

— Winston Churchill

“And, generally speaking, all things are good which men deliberately choose to do;”

— Aristotle

In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the…

— Charles M. Schwab

Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Amid life's quests, there seems but worthy one: to do men good.

— Gamaliel Bailey

For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing my will,…

— Michel de Montaigne

Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they…

— Lydia M. Child

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise.

— Francis Bacon Sr

“Men must sometimes do what they do not like if they are to be remembered.”

— Joe Abercrombie