I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
A. C. BensonAmbition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
A. C. BensonI have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
A. C. BensonWhat a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease, of joy or sorrow. There are times in our lives when we seem to go singing on our way, and when the beauty of the world sets itself like a quiet harmony to the song we uplift.
A. C. Benson