John Stuart Blackie Men Quotations

The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.

All things to all men only fools will tell, Truth profits none but those that use it well.

The highest art is always the most religious; and the greatest artist is always a devout man. A scoffing Raphael or Michael Angelo is not conceivable.