We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. |
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not to do so. |
Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses. |
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. |
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit. |
Wit is cultured insolence. |
Wit is educated insolence. |
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance |
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. |
Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope. |