Alexander Smith
10 quotations
Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings.
A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.
We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
The sea complains upon a thousand shores.
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.