In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.
A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
The only thing grief as taught me is to know how shallow it is.
Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.
There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.
Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
Justice though moving with tardy pace, has seldom failed to overtake the wicked in their flight.
In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.
Seek not to be Rich, but Happy. The one lies in Bags, the other in Content: which Wealth can never give.
Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?
