The promissory lies of great men are known by shouldering, hugging, squeezing, smiling, and bowing. Arbuthnott.
The proper confidant of a girl is her father. What she is not inclined to tell her father should be told to no one, and, in nine cases out of ten, not thought of by herself. Ruskin.
The proper Epic of this world is no longer 40 "Arms and the man," much less "Shirt frills and the man;" no, it is now "Tools and the man;" that, henceforth to all time is now our Epic. Carlyle.
The proper power of faith is to trust without evidence, not with evidence. Ruskin.
The proper reward of the good workman is to be "chosen." Ruskin.
The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
The proper task of literature lies in the domain of belief. Carlyle.
The property of a man consists in (a) good 45 things, (b) goods which he has honestly got, and (c) goods he can skilfully use. Ruskin.
The prophet is the revealer of what we are to do; the poet, of what we are to love. The former too has an eye on what we are to love; how else shall he know what we are to do? Carlyle.
The prosperity of our neighbours in the end is our own, and the poverty of our neighbours becomes also in the end our own. Ruskin.