C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Denial
The more a man denies himself the more he shall receive from heaven.
Horace.
Creech.
To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without it is power.
George MacDonald.
There are many seasons in a man’s life—and the more exalted and responsible his position, the more frequently do these seasons recur—when the voice of duty and the dictates of feeling are opposed to each other; and it is only the weak and the wicked who yield that obedience to the selfish impulses of the heart which is due to reason and honor.
Aughey.