Martin Farquhar Tupper. 1810-1889. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Martin Farquhar Tupper. (1810–1889)

A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.

Of Education.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Of Immortality.

Error is a hardy plant: it flourisheth in every soil.

Of Truth in Things False.

Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.

Of Good in Things evil.

Clamorous pauperism feasteth
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.

Of Discretion.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Of Discretion.

It is well to lie fallow for a while.

Of Recreation.

A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.

Of Reading.

Who can wrestle against Sleep?—Yet is that giant very gentleness.

Of Beauty.