Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens read more

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for read more

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology read more

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.