At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
The crowd gives the leader new strength.