“It is often the case with finer natures, that when the fire of the spirit dies out with increasing age, the power of the intellect is unaltered or increased.” AgeSpiritDiesCasesFireIntellectSelf Confidence Author:Margaret Gatty
“There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which, we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect, the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.” SpiritConfidenceSelf ConfidenceYieldDistrustCaptivating Author:William Hazlitt