He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
People demand freedom only when they have no power.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
