Praise & Blame

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
-Thomas A. Kempis

Hope

While there's life, there's hope.
-Terence

The Tragic Comedy

He is a (sane) man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.
-G.K. Chesterton

Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.
-Jean de la Bruyère

Moderation

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
-Frank McKinney Hubbard

"Loud Noises!"

Voices become louder when understanding diminishes.

-Friedrich Georg Junger

Gallantry, Generosity, & Faith

You should be able to boast that if gallentry, generosity, and faith were lost in the world, they could be found again in your own breast.

-Baltasar Gracian

Distortions

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.
-Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
-Henri Frédéric Amiel