“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.”
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.