Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

You cannot win without sacrifice.

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

A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.

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.

Failure means that you would not, or could not, pay for success. Success is a matter of sale. It can (most often) be bought by a large outlay--of hard forethought--of pains--of steadiness--of the golden wisdom coined from experience. But the figure is too high for most of us. We are too poor, or too slothful, to bring the price.

A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.