Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
~ Horace
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
A picture is a poem without words.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
Don't think, just do.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Anger is a short madness.
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
