You cannot dwell in your being while your self inhabits your heart.
Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.
"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.
Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.
Luck whines; labor whistles.
Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.
So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody
Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
I put myself into character for my songs.
To think, it seems to me, is to hold an idea long enough to unlock and shape its power in the varied contexts of shared human knowledge.