As soon as I have begun to fear I have ceased to fear.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.

Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.