A Great Man Is Made Up Of

Let Us Be Of Good Cheer, However, Remembering That The Misfortunes Hardest To Bear Are Those Which Never Come.

Mishaps Are Like Knives, That Either Serve Us Or Cut Us, As We Grasp Them By The Blade Or The Handle.

No Man Can Produce Great Things Who Is Not Thoroughly Sincere In Dealing With Himself.

Life Is The Jailer, Death The Angel Sent To Draw The Unwilling Bolts And Set Us Free.

It Is Curious How Tyrannical The Habit Of Reading Is, And What Shifts We Make To Escape Thinking. There Is No Bore We Dread Being Left Alone With So Much As Our Own Minds.