Quotes by William Rounseville Alger

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Words of love, are works of love.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.