“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”
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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
