James Ellis Quotes

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Regrets over the past should chasten the future.

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid conscription into his ranks is to keep all our leisure moments profitably employed.

It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.

There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.

Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.

Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.

Literature is the garden of wisdom.

The mind paints before the brush.

The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.

To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.

Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.

Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.

Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.

The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.

Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.

The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.