John Stuart Blackie

“Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts.”

“The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato—the only good belonging to him is underground.”

“Translate a book a day. You will grow as wise as is Seneca.”

“Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven forever in the work of the world.”

“A man who is not a fool can be a hero at any time.”

“All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them, but what is universal.”

“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”

“He who is master of the present moment is master of eternity.”

“Love is the root of all joy and sorrow.”

“The best way to learn a language is to speak it.”

“The great secret of good health is to open the pores and the bowels every day.”

“The end of all knowledge should be service to others.”

“Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.”

“Genius is to wit as the whole is to its part.”

“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline – and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with your luck.”