Sir Arthur Helps, KCB, DCL (10 July 1813 - 7 March 1875), English writer and dean of the Privy Council, youngest son of Thomas Helps, a London merchant, was born in Streatham in South London.
He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, coming out thirty-first wrangler in the mathematical tripos in 1835. He was recognized by the ablest of his contemporaries there as a man of superior gifts, and likely to make his mark in later life. As a member of the "Conversazione Society", better known as the Cambridge Apostles, a society established in 1820 for the purposes of discussion on social and literary questions by a few young men attracted to each other by a common taste for literature and speculation, he was associated with Charles Buller, Frederick Maurice, Richard Chenevix Trench, Monckton Milnes, Arthur Hallam and Alfred Tennyson.
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune. happiness
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. wisdom
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts not amid joy. strength
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. wisdom
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. success
Experience is the extract of suffering. experience