No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
