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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or
present are certain to miss read more
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or
present are certain to miss the future.
To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the read more
To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.
No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the world
a portion of its lost heart.
No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the world
a portion of its lost heart.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; This, too, read more
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; This, too, shall pass.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he read more
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.