There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. Bacon.
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it. St. Evremond.
There is, at any given moment, a best path for every man; the thing which, here and now, it were wisest for him to do; whatsoever forwards him in that, were it even in the shape of blows and spurnings, is liberty; whatsoever hinders him, were it tremendous cheers and rivers of heavy wet, is slavery. Carlyle.
There is but one case wherein a man may commend himself with good grace, and that is in commending virtue in another, especially if it be such a virtue whereunto himself pretendeth. Bacon.
There is but one class of men to be trembled 15 at, and that is the stupid class, the class that cannot see; who, alas! are mainly they that will not see. Carlyle.
There is but one misfortune for a man, when some idea lays hold of him which exerts no influence upon his active life, or still more, which withdraws him from it. Goethe.
There is but one philosophy, and its name is Fortitude; to bear is to conquer our fate. Bulwer.
There is but one solid basis of happiness, and that is the reasonable hope of a happy futurity. This may be had everywhere. Johnson.
There is but one temple in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body. Novalis.
There is but one thing without honour, smitten 20 with eternal barrenness, inability to do or to be—insincerity, unbelief. He who believes nothing, who believes only the shows of things, is not in relation with nature and fact at all. Carlyle.