The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance, and accommodation to the ill-humors of others.
If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping.
Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18.
Love consists of a commitment which limits one's freedom - it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one's freedom on behalf of another.
My life as a writer consists of 18 talent and 78 discipline.
An ounce of gold is an ounce of gold, whether it consists of guineas, sovereigns or eagles.
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.
Social organizations are flagrantly open systems in that the input of energies and the conversion of output into further energetic input consists of transactions between the organization and its environment.
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.
Of course the entire planet Earth consists of magma under us, and only the very inner-core is different.
But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and that the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.
My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell.
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.
There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change their manners.
A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.