“courage is the gift of character”
“O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!”
“Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”
“Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.”
“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.”
“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.”
“Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.”
“We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement.”
“Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.”
“If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.”
“Authority is never without hate.”
“The good and the wise lead quiet lives.”
“It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.”
“It would not be better if men got what they wanted.”
“I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief”
“According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.”
“A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine.”
“A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue.”
“There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.”
“The childless escape much misery.”
“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”
“None wise dares hopeless venture.”
“In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.”
“We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.”
“Life is short, yet sweet.”
