It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Boldness Quotes, Caution Quotes

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.