James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Helps
Always win fools first; they talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to.
Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but, by ascending a little, you may often overlook it altogether.
It takes a great man to make a good listener.
Love shows, even to the dullest, the possibilities of the human race.
Most terrors are but spectral illusions.
Patience is even more rarely manifested in the intellect than in the temper.
Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.
The man at the head of the house can mar the pleasure of the household; but he cannot make it. That must rest with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.
The rich are always advising the poor; but the poor seldom venture to return the compliment.