To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previosly unsusceptible.
Nothing preaches better than the act.
La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.
He that rises late must trot all day.
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.