Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him