If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.

The highest qualities of character… must be earned.

The highest qualities of character… must be earned.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.

Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.