hey have offended, when they are at their mercy, is humble
submission; whereas a bold front, a firm and resolute bearing,--means
the very opposite,--have been at times equally
successful.--_Montaigne._

Reverences stand in awe of yourself.--_Sydney Smith._

He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is
more than a king.--_Milton._

~Success.~--It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success;
they much oftener succeed through failure.--_Samuel Smiles._

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon
whom it is bestowed.--_Atterbury._

He that would relish success to purpose should keep his passion cool,
and his expectation low.--_Jeremy Collier._

The road to success is not to be run upon by seven-leagued boots. Step
by step, little by little, bit by bit,--that is the way to wealth, that
is the way to wisdom, that is the way to glory. Pounds are the sons, not
of pounds, but of pence.--_Charles Buxton._

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well;
and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of
fame.--_Longfellow._

Nothing can seem foul to those that win.--_Shakespeare._

All the proud virtue of this vaunting world fawns on success and power,
however acquired.--_Thomson._

A successful career has been full of blunders.--_Charles Buxton._

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who, early in life,
clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs
his powers. Thus, indeed, even genius itself is but fine observation
strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and
resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.--_Bulwer-Lytton._

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes
your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.--_Charles Buxton._

Success at first doth many times undo men at last.--_Venning._

~Suicide.~--Suicide itself, that fearful abuse of the dominion of the soul
over the body, is a strong proof of the distinction of their destinies.
Can the power that kills be the same that is killed? Must it not
necessarily be something superior and surviving? The act of the soul,
which in that fatal instant is in one sense so great an act of power,
can it at the same time be the act of its own annihilation? The will
kills the body, but who kills the will?--_Auguste_ _Nicolas._

Those men who destroy a healthful constitution o