Walter Savage Landor

“My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.”

“Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!”

“No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.”

“We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.”

“We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.”

“Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.”

“Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.”

“In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.”

“The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.”

“The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.”

“The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.”

“Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.”

“Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.”