I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. – Alexander Smith
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. – Alexander Smith
Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. – Alexander Smith
How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening. – Alexander Smith
The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman. – Alexander Smith
If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death. – Alexander Smith
Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. – Alexander Smith
Trees are your best antiques. – Alexander Smith
Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. – Alexander Smith
There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury. – Alexander Smith
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. – Alexander Smith
