'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.