You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

The longer I live, the more deeply am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one person and another-between the weak and the powerful, the great and the insignificant-is energy-invisible determination.

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him

All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.

I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.

Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it.