Philip James Bailey Quotes & Sayings

“Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.”

“Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.”

“Kindness is wisdom.”

“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.”

“The sole equality on earth is death.”

“Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.”

“Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.”

“Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.”

“The long days are no happier than the short ones.”

“Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.”