wisdom Quotes

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.

It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.