William Shenstone

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

anger


William Shenstone

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

beauty


William Shenstone

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

fear


William Shenstone

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

friendship


William Shenstone

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

hope


William Shenstone

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

intelligence


William Shenstone

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

jealousy


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