To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
I felt the doors open near me, and then saw a confusion of booted feet moving close by.
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.