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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.
The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.
Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the read more
Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import read more
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
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.
Success is 99 percent failure.
Success is 99 percent failure.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.