A Boston editor’s lifetime collection of short sayings, arranged alphabetically by subject from ability to youth. Each entry is a sentence or two from a named writer — Bacon, Joubert, Madame de Staël, Feuillet, Herbert and hundreds more — on kings, friendship, sorrow, virtue and every other theme of conduct.
A browsable commonplace book for anyone who collects quotations or wants a wise line for the occasion. Download the free EPUB.