There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.

Appearances have very little to do with happiness.

Don't judge a book by its cover

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

A good horse makes short miles.

Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.