“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”
Life“Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.”
Education“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”
Life“According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.”
Nature“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.”
Great“Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.”
Wisdom“Peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
Peace“Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?”
Nature“Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.”
Wisdom“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”
Experience“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”
Men“No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.”
Great“Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.”
Age“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.”
Great“Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.”
Age“In time of war the laws are silent.”
Time“We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”
Men“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”
Best“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”
Death“It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.”
Men“I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.”
Education“Nature abhors annihilation.”
Nature