Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.

Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you read more

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the read more

When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.

There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and read more

There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but --a hatred of all injury.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.