Nathaniel Parker Willis Men Quotations

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

The ear in man and beast is an evidence of blood and high breeding.

There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness.

The soul of man createth its own destiny of power; and as the trial is intenser here, his being hath a nobler strength in heaven.

The soul of man createth its own destiny.

Wisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftentimes, seeing but this world's idols.

The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.

The sin forgiven by Christ in HeavenBy man is cursed alway.