“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”
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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
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.
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.