Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and read more

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infamia;
Etiam read more

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infamia;
Etiam tum vivit, cum esse credas mortuam.]

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them read more

Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as read more

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that read more

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.