|
The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one. You can and you can't, You will and you won't; You'll be damn'd if you do, You'll be damn'd if you don't. The two most beautiful words in the English language are "cheque enclosed". I'm a great believer in luck. I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. War is the national industry of Prussia. Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness. It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends. Cast away care; he that loves sorrow lengthens not a day, nor can he buy tomorrow. Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender-these form the wealth of home. Before such a prodigious career, judgement is torn between blame and admiration. Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth. The simplest things give me ideas. It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret. It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! He who has the fastest cart never has a bad lie. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.
|