What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree
Courage | Logan Pearsall Smith quote
How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?' Success | Logan Pearsall Smith quote
There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. - Life and Human Nature Life | Logan Pearsall Smith quote
How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true! - Life and Human Nature Dreams | Logan Pearsall Smith quote
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. - Life and Human Nature Logan Pearsall Smith quote