It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.
All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.