It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.