To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

As long as there is life there is danger.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.