Mysteries are due to secrecy.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure.
The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
Use every distraction as an object of meditation and they cease to be distractions.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are evil.
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other’s hopes. They are kind to each other’s dreams.
I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else – these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame and commonplace, other ecstasies cheap and trivial.
