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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.
Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.
The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.
The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass...
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.