William Rounseville Alger (December 28, 1822 – February 7, 1905) was an American Unitarian minister, author, poet, hymnist, editor, and abolitionist. He also served as Chaplain of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. (wikipedia)
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind
The moon is a silver pinhead vastThat holds the heavens tent-hangings fast.
The moon is a silver pinhead vast That holds the heavens tent-hangings fast.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.
As two floating planks meet and part on the sea,O friend! so I met and then parted from thee.
As two floating planks meet and part on the sea, O friend! so I met and then parted from thee.
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it
