It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
Labor diligently to increase your property.
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
