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Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it... →
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
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