When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and
examine ourselves.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and
examine ourselves.

Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.

Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for read more

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live
for thyself.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

You are the land. The land is you.

You are the land. The land is you.

Every burden is a blessing.

Every burden is a blessing.

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that read more

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater
pleasures.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes read more

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes unpunished.