Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is read more

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.

Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my read more

Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

Character is power.

Character is power.

There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.

They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons read more

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons in him.

Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.

Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.