Lord of
Lord of
perseverance persistence persevere
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
book reading cat
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.
wise men advice
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
self denial littles
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
education teaching thinking
One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning.
heart gains merit
Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained.
justice people ears
Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.
white way merit
Assurance and intrepidity, under the white banner of seeming modesty, clear the way to merit that would otherwise be discouraged by difficulties.
men long despair
A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man, will; whereas a man, who by long negligence, owes a great deal, despairs of ever being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all.
confidence diffidence
We are as often duped by diffidence as by confidence.
sleep dozing laziness
Six, or at most seven, hours' sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody else can want; more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.
wit buffoons related
A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit.
thinking next would-be
I really think next to the consciousness of doing a good action, that of doing a civil one is the most pleasing; and the epithet which I should covet the most next to that of Aristides, would be that of well-bred.
sarcasm arrows bows
Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and present with a bow.