Quotes by John Brown

• Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.
• The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
• The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
• Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
• How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
• No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.
• The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.
• I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
• He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
• America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
• A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
• So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.