There are few difficulties that hold out against real attacks; they fly, like the visible horizon, before those who advance.
DISCIPLINE.--No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.--WILLIAM PENN.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.--SENECA.
DISCORD.--Our life is full of discord; but by forbearance and virtue this same discord can be turned to harmony.--JAMES ELLIS.
The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?--ST. BERNARD.
DISCRETION.--Remember the divine saying, He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life.--SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.--ADDISON.
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.--BACON.
Discretion and hard valor are the twins of honor.--BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
The better part of valor is discretion.--SHAKESPEARE.
Discretion is more necessary to women than eloquence, because they have less trouble to speak well than to speak little.--FATHER DU BOSC.
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop Not to outsport discretion. --SHAKESPEARE.
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to win all the duties of life.--ADDISON.
Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end.--GAMBETTA.
DISSIMULATION.--Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or not, artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful. --LA BRUYÈRE.
DRESS.--In the matter of dress people should always keep below their ability.--MONTESQUIEU.
Those who are incapable of shining but by dress would do well to consider, that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage.--SHENSTONE.
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin.--MATTHEW 6:28.
A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods; and it is only when acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they are performing their appropriate mission.--ABBA GOOLD WOOLSON.