Problems and difficulties Quotes

The idea of devoting to them thirty or forty consecutive minutes of wonderful solitude is to me repugnant.

In case of friction, the machine is always at fault.

The books and manuscripts being thus for sale, the wooden shelves, desks, and seats of the old library, and for the most part the contents of the library had been rescued from miserable ill-usage in the monasteries and chapter-houses where they had their first habitations.

It is our duty to act upon probabilities, although the evidence is not such as to justify present belief.

Things forbidden have a secret charm

It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries

To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire

Even a single hair casts a shadow

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes

In fair weather prepare for foul

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Men often act knowingly against their interest

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.