No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities..
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world–they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one.
The small courtesies sweeten life the greater ennoble it.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
Galileo called doubt the father of invention it is certainly the pioneer.
Successful minds work like a gimlet – to a single point.
Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
Tranquil pleasures last the longest we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.