Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
A few seconds later, I tripped over a steel staircase, bashing my shins.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.