All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.