... money trials are not the hardest, and somehow or other, they are always overcome.

if a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck.

I have seen that every one forgives much in themselves that they find unpardonable in other people.

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

... money trials are not the hardest, and somehow or other, they are always overcome.

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.