Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.