“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does”
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“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does”
“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great ”
“If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it”
“The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother”
“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. ”
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”
“In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. ”
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better ”
“Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out”
“The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong”
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
““What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable”
“An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience”
“The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.”
“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings”
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet”
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy”
“Active evil is better than passive good”
“He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter”