Alexander Smith

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

— Alexander Smith

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

— Alexander Smith

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

— Alexander Smith

Everything is sweetened by risk.

— Alexander Smith

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place to-day, it is vain to seek it there to-morrow. You can not lay a trap for it.

— Alexander Smith

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

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

— Alexander Smith

The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.

— 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