A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.