Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

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

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.