To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.

Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter.

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.

Failure means that you would not, or could not, pay for success. Success is a matter of sale. It can (most often) be bought by a large outlay--of hard forethought--of pains--of steadiness--of the golden wisdom coined from experience. But the figure is too high for most of us. We are too poor, or too slothful, to bring the price.