Wisdom Is Seldom Gained Without Suffering.

There Is One Statesman Of The Present Day, Of Whom I Always Say That He Would Have Escaped Making The Blunders That He Has Made If He Had Only Ridden More In Buses.

Some Persons, Instead Of Making A Religion For Their God, Are Content To Make A God Of Their Religion.

We Are Pleased With One Who Instantly Assents To Our Opinions, But We Love A Proselyte.

Wisdom Is Seldom Gained Without Suffering.

Be Cheerful [and Grateful For The Good That You Have]: Do Not Brood Over Fond Hopes Unrealized Until A Chain Is Fastened On Each Thought And Wound Around The Heart. Nature Intended You To Be The Fountain-spring Of Cheerfulness And Social Life, And Not The Mountain Of Despair And Melancholy.