The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.