Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.

An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you read more

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate read more

Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,.

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly read more

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are read more

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.