There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.
Nothing ages like laziness.
The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.
Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
The law is a gun, which if it misses a pigeon always kills a crow; if it does not strike the guilty, it hits someone else. As every crime creates a law, so in turn every law creates a crime.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The Almighty proves his existence by creating.
In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few.
I did not fall into love - I rose into love.
A man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation was formed for him.
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.
Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.
Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.
There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.
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