Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Vigorous writing is concise.
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.