“There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing of his character, his inmost tastes arid feelings.” KnowsMenMayCharacterFeelingsDifferencesTasteWideComplimentCompanionshipAcquaintanceSalute Author:William Matthews
“Intercourse is after all man's best teacher. "Know thyself" is an excellent maxim; but even self-knowledge cannot be perfected in closets and cloisters--nor amid lake scenery, and on the sunny side of the mountains. Men who seldom mix with their fellow-creatures are almost sure to be one-sided--the victims of fixed ideas, that sometimes lead to insanity.” KnowsMenIdeasSelfSometimesSidesTeacherMountainCreaturesFellowsVictimExcellentInsanityFixedLakesSelf KnowledgeClosetsMaximsThyselfIntercourseSunnySceneryKnow ThyselfBest TeacherOne SidedMountain ManSunny Side Author:William Matthews
“The easiest way for me to lose interests is to know too much of what I want to say before I begin.” KnowsWayWantInterestLosesToo Much Author:William Matthews
“A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything which one attempts to do. There is a sense of satisfaction, a pride in surveying such a work, a work which is rounded, full, exact, complete in all its parts-which the superficial man, who leaves his work in a slovenly, slipshod, half-finished condition can never know. It is this conscientious completeness which turns work into art. The smallest thing, well done, becomes artistic.” KnowsMenWellsArtDoneJoyTurnsAbilityDealsHalfConditionsPridePerfectionSatisfactionFinishedArtisticSmallestSuperficialJoy Of LifeWell DoneCompleteness Author:William Matthews
