James Ellis may refer to: (wikipedia)
Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.
Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.
Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid conscription into his ranks is to keep all our leisure moments profitably employed.
Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.
Regrets over the past should chasten the future.
Literature is the garden of wisdom.
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.
Newspapers are the world's mirrors.
Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.
A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.
