Will Christian
Will Christian
cunning boast
The very cunning conceal their cunning; the indifferently shrewd boast of it.
fighting imagination enemy
Our courage is greater to dare a visible than an imagined danger. A visible danger rouses our energies to meet or avert it; a fancied peril appalls from its presenting nothing to be resisted. Thus, a panic is, usually, a sudden going over to the enemy of our imagination. All is then lost, for we have not only to fight against that enemy, but our imagination as well.
desire want natural
The natural wants are few, and easily gratified: it is only those which are artificial that perplex us by their multiplicity.
mean desire pay
When we have the means to pay for what we desire, what we get is not so much what is best, as what is costliest.
destiny people needs
A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
character matter
Character is very much a matter of health.
giving charity needs
It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
wine alcohol alcoholism
Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
nature desire literature
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
oysters contentment may
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
beauty laughing distinction
Beauty can afford to laugh at distinctions: it is itself the greatest distinction.
warrior greatness earthquakes
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
alaska literature unseen
It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
inspirational fear anxiety
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.