God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.

The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.

Despair is vinegar from the wine of hope.

If you keep your eyes so fixed on heaven that you never look at the earth, you will stumble into hell.

We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.

Memory is a crazy woman who hoards colored rags and throws away food.

It is as easy to give advice to yourself as to others, and as useless.