Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons
Charles James "Jim" Simmonswas a British lecturer, journalist and politician...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 April 1893
inheritance wealth dangerous
Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.
heart healthy mind
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.
humor shields darts
Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery
life men noble
Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.
men please
No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
wisdom age next
Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
inspirational wedding character
A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
future ruins today
Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.
health law wellness
Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.