Behavior

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

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All human power is a compound of time and patience.

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Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

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One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds.

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You are the storyteller of your own life and you can create your own legend or not.

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Manners are of more importance than laws. The law can touch us here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation like that of the air we breathe in.

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I know somewhat too much; and from this knowledge, once one has been infected, there seems to be no recovering.

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The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.

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I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.