Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is |
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. |
That cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it |
The best academy - a mother's knee |
The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market. |
The eye is the notebook of the poet. |
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. |
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it |
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache. |
The idol is the measure of the worshiper |
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. |
The question of common sense is ''what is it good for?'' A question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage. |
The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in |
The surest plan to make a man is, think him so. |
The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it |