Quotes by Martin Fraquhar Tupper

“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.”

“Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.”

“He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty”

“Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth”

“It is well to lie fallow for a while.”

“Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.”

“If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little”

“The mines of knowledge are often laid bare by the hazel-wand of chance”