He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out