For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone and the truth of those not to be...
In politics merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised like a target...
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires since nature hath set none.
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed...
Panic is a sudden desertion of us and a going over to the enemy of our...
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary...
When all else is lost the future still remains.
Music is the fourth great material want first food then clothes then...
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do...
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
They are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or...
A failure establishes only this that our determination to succeed was not...
Courage enlarges cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the...
Next to being witty the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our...
