I went up the stairs cautiously, not able to use my hands.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.