The heroic example of other days is in great part the source of the courage of each generation; and men walk up composedly to the most perilous enterprises, beckoned onward by the shades of the brave that were.
Arthur HelpsMore than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.
Arthur HelpsIt is in length of patience, endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind and womankind is shown.
Arthur HelpsRare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this way, requires a great knowledge of character, with that exquisite tact which feels unerringly the right moment when to act. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of his thought and action. He must be singularly free from vanity, and is generally found to be an enthusiast who has the art to conceal his enthusiasm.
Arthur Helps