Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim..

You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant..

Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it..

A successful career has been full of blunders..

Pounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence..

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred..

All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better..

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched..

Proverbs are potted wisdom..

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows..

In one family, all goes by two and two. If a member of it has any interest, he or she will confide it to some one other; but the rest know nothing. I….

A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims..

In one family, every little plan or question is discussed amid bickering and irritation. In another, without the least effort, every discussion goes ….

I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult..

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal..

You cannot win without sacrifice..

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often che….

The longer I live, the more deeply am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one person and another-between the weak and the powerf….

A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship..

You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it..

Failure means that you would not, or could not, pay for success. Success is a matter of sale. It can (most often) be bought by a large outlay--of har….