 | 1850 - 492 pàgines
...variety of them. 1. It is the way to be happy. " I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is...adage of 'Too many irons in the fire,' conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many — poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." 2. It is the... | |
 | Young people - 1852 - 1020 pàgines
...variety of them. 1. That is the way to be happy. " I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, "long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: never suffer your energies to stagnate." 2. That is the way to accomplish a vast deal in a short life. The late William Hazlitt remarked, "There... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - 1851 - 212 pàgines
...variety of them. 1. That is the way to be happy. "I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is...adage of " too many irons in the fire," conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many — poker, tongs and all — keep them all going." 2. That is the... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pàgines
...enough," said a good and useful man, "to know that the great secret of human happiness is this—never suffer your energies to stagnate ; the old adage of ' too many irons in the fire,' may convey an untruth. Whatever you have, keep them going." The mate of a ship, having put everything... | |
 | Rev. Daniel Smith - 1852 - 278 pàgines
...other hand, persons usefully employed are never miserable." "I have lived," says Dr. Clarke, "to know the great secret of human happiness is this — never suffer your energies to stagnate." " When I visited a country neighbour of mine," aays Lord Clarendon, "in the morning, I always found... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pàgines
...buckle to it ; and then they always find time enough to do it in. — Clwsterfald. OCCUPATION. — I have lived, to know that the great secret of human...adage of ' too many irons in the fire,' conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many — poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going. — Adam Clarke.... | |
 | 666 pàgines
...continued. ) FELIX. DK. A. CLARKE'S SECRET OP HAPPINESS. — " I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " to know that the great secret of human happiness is...too many — poker, tongs, and all ; keep them all a-going." A PATTERN OP HUMILITY. — A clock may be said to have but very little selfesteem, as it... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pàgines
...life. How the thought of such a man's industry shames our idleness. "I have lived," said Dr. A Clark, "to know that the great secret of human happiness...old adage of too many irons in the fire conveys an untruth. You cannot hare too many, — poker, tongs, and all. — keep them mil going." We fear the... | |
 | 1858 - 424 pàgines
...throws in your way. 1. It is the way to be happy. <l I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is...adage of ' Too many irons in the fire ' conveys an untruth. You can not have too many. Poker, tongp, and all — keep them all going." 2. It is the way... | |
 | 1859 - 396 pàgines
...throws in your way. 1. It is the way to be happy. " I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, "long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is...adage of ' Too many irons in the fire' conveys an untruth. You can not have too many. Poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." 2. It is the way... | |
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I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " too many irons in the fire, 
