Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.

Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Method is the arithmetic of success.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.