All things are difficult before they are easy.
My home is not a place, it is people.
Love truth, and pardon error.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.