The body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.
From Jules Verne
It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words.
The wisest man may be a blind father.
One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.
The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His indifference to death is truly extraordinary. When he is ill, he sees it approach, and does not falter. When condemned, and already in the hands of an officer, he manifests no fear.
It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.
To put up with what you cannot avoid is a philosophical principle, that may not perhaps lead you to the accomplishment of great deeds, but is assuredly eminently practical.
In the United States, there is no project so audacious for which people cannot be found to guarantee the cost and find the working expenses.
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