Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
Poor is the man who desires a lot
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.
I love those who can smile in trouble.
Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Even then when we sit idly in the sun.
Ingratitude is monstrous.
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
or simply:
