It is joy to think the best we can of human kind. Wordsworth.
It is just those who grope with the mole and cling with the bat who are vainest of their sight and of their wings. Ruskin.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. Tac.
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence. Dryden.
It is matter of the commonest remark how a 55 timid man who is in love will show courage, or an indolent man will show diligence. Matthew Arnold.
It is meet / That noble minds keep ever with their likes; / For who so firm that cannot be seduced? Jul. Cæs., i. 2.
It is mere cowardice to take safety in negations. George Eliot.
It is mere Philistinism on the part of private individuals to bestow too much interest on matters that do not concern them. Goethe.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. Jesus.
It is more difficult, and calls for higher energies 5 of the soul, to live a martyr than to die one. H. Mann.