 |
Death
|
|
Who is mightier than death? Those who can smile when death threatens.
-Ruckett
|
|
Dreams
|
|
|
Only in dreams does the happiness of the earth dwell.
-Ruckett
|
|
Fools, Foolishness
|
|
|
The fool needs company, the wise solitude.
-Ruckett
|
|
Heart
|
|
|
Whether joy or sorrowful, the heart needs a double, because a joy shared is doubled and a pain that is shared is divided.
-Ruckett
|
|
Hope
|
|
|
Though you are disappointed is hope; never let hope fail you! Though one door is shut, there are thousands still open to you.
-Ruckett
|
|
Humility
|
|
|
A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.
-Ruckett
|
|
Marriage
|
|
|
In the perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense.
-Ruckett
|
|
Promises
|
|
|
Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.
-Ruckett
|
|
Self Respect
|
|
|
Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.
-Ruckett
|
|
Wish, Wishes, Wishing
|
|
|
My only wish is that my wishes be at rest.
-Ruckett
|
|
Worry
|
|
|
Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when we feel it, no counsel helps; wisdom is either too early or too late.
-Ruckett
|
Books by and about Ruckett