The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
From Sydney Smith
Heaven never helps the men who will not act.
The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can.
To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
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