Be larger than your task. The burden which is well borne becomes light. A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. Don't jump on a man unless he is down. God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won t. A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming. One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak. Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. It is easy to give advice from a port of safety. Out of the strain of doing and into the peace of the done. There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
