Some of you, we all know, are poor, find it hard to live, are sometimes, as it were, gasping for breath. I have no doubt that some of you who read this book are unable to pay for all the dinners which...
Si tenéis alguna empresa ante vosotros, tratad de hacerla con las ropas viejas. A los hombres les hace falta, no algo con lo que hacer, sino algo que hacer, o mejor, algo que ser. Tal vez no deberíamo...
If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth--certainly the machine will wear out… but if it is of such a nature...
A common and natural result of an undue respect of law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, and all, marching in admirable order over hill and...
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies and not be the biggest pygmy that he can?
Whate'er we leave to God God does and blesses us.
The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed
The value of a man is not in his skin, that we should touch him.
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors.
It is only when we forget our learning, do we begin to know.
To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training su...
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.