Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: read more

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is read more

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did read more

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.