“The higher we look on the scale of strength and individuality, the more isolated we see that the nature and habits of creatures are. The eagle chooses his eyrie in the bleakest solitude; the condor affects the deserted empyrean; the leopard prowls through the jungle by himself; the lion has a lonely lair. So with men. While savages, like the Hottentots, gibber in their kraals, and, among civilized nations, the dissipated and the frivolous collect in clubs and assemblies, dreading to be left in seclusion, the poet loves his solitary walk, the saint retreats to be closeted with God, and the philosopher wraps himself in immensity.” MenSocietyLonelinessSolitudeSolitaryRetreatAnimal WorldReclusion Book:The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life Source: The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life
“The lower a man descends in his love, the higher he lifts his life.” MenHigherLiftsHis LoveBenevolence Author:William Rounseville Alger
“Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.” MenIndividualCommonAverageCommon SenseSensibility Author:William Rounseville Alger
“Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.” MenCouragePlusValor Author:William Rounseville Alger
“Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.” MenWantReasonAngerManagementFairnessWrathAnger Management Author:William Rounseville Alger
