“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
“Talking, is a digestive process which is absolutely essential to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books.” MenBookProcessTalkingHe ManEssentialsConstitution Author:William Matthews
“Solitary reading will enable a man to stuff himself with information, but without conversation his mind will become like a pond without an outlet-a mass of unhealthy stag-nature. It is not enough to harvest knowledge by study; the wind of talk must winnow it and blow away the chaff. Then will the clear, bright grains of wisdom be garnered, for our own use or that of others.” MenMindEnoughUseReadingStuffKnowledgeStudyClearInformationWindConversationMassBlowGrainSolitaryHarvestOutletsUnhealthyPondsStags 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
“The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.” MenSpiritFailureDisappointmentOne ManLife Disappointment Author:William Matthews
“Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.” MenChanceRidiculous Author:William Matthews
“Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital as man. To be a giant, and not a dwarf in your profession, you must always be growing. The man that has ceased to go up intellectually has begun to go down.” MenWholeGrowingFailingHe ManCallingExcellenceStriveProfessionGiantsDwarfsDwarves Author:William Matthews
