The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Samuel Daniel

9 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.— filed under Deeds
by ALEXANDER SELKIRK. As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind To look out through, and his Frailty find.— filed under Mind
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.— filed under Silence
and the Cosmos. Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relieve my languish, and restore the light.— filed under Sleep
Swift speedy Time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.— filed under Time
And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.— filed under Work
Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!— filed under Bright Of Disraeli
Sacred religion! Mother of Form and Fear!— filed under Religion
Th' aspirer, once attain'd unto the top, Cuts off those means by which himself got up.— filed under Success
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