Experience is the extract of suffering.
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.
Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.
Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.