Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most
abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than read more

Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most
abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have
sowed. There, methinks, it were a proper place for men to sow
their wild oats, where they would not spring up.
[Lat., Post id, frumenti quum alibi messis maxima'st
Tribus tantis illi minus reddit, quam obseveris.
Heu! istic oportet obseri mores malos,
Si in obserendo possint interfieri.]

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all read more

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all the law, which read more

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe
to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded
thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,
By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war, are great in love.
The spring of all brave acts is seated here,
As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.