The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.