The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after danger.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

The smallest children are nearest to God, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's na