Edward F Halifax quotes

" Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. " # Anger

" The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. " # Names # Love # Friends and Friendship

" Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money. " # Money # Opinions # Expectation

" True merit is like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. " # Truth # Noise # Merit

" The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. " # Beauty # Dress # Arts and Artists

" Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it. " # Gratitude # Freedom # Power

" If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. " # Law and Lawyers

" Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for. " # Anger # Religion # Argument

" Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts. " # Opinions # Debt # Friends and Friendship

" Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it. " # Politicians and Politics # Shame # Ignorance