Alexander Smith Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.”

“To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.”

“A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.”

“Trees are your best antiques.”

“A great man is the man who does something for the first time.”

“If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.”

“The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.”

“The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.”

“Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.”

“If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.”