I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a read more

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si read more

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough read more

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.