Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then read more

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in read more

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.

Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a read more

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.