Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood |
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. |
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. |
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. |
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument |
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument |
Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events? |
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel. |
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both |
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both. |
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both. |
Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it |
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence |
Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. |
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them |