Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.