The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. |
The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life |
The greater part of progress is the desire for progress |
The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty. |
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. |
The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. |
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity. |
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. |
The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it! |
The language of truth is simple |
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. |
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will |
The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery. |
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself |
The mind is slow in unlearning what it has been long in learning |