Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
In the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am – unbound.
A Man in Business must put up many Affronts, if he loves his own Quiet.
If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.
New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody
Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual.
He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Ah! Sir, a boy’s being flogged is not so severe as a man’s having the hiss of the world against him.
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Events tend to recur in cycles…
