There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Love truth, and pardon error.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.