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Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.
Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.
Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a read more
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for read more
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard read more
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
