Mortimer Collins Quotes

Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.

The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind.

There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and who play Chess

Life and the Universe show spontaneity;Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;Truth must be sought with the Positivists.

O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.

Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure.

There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.