I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.
When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.
Loyalty is the greatest quality of the human heart.
And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?
Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.
Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.
The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer's art, but as a general exercise.
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet
We have usually made our best purchases when apprehensions about some macro event were at a peak. Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it