A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.

The classic literature is always modern.

Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.

Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.

When the world frowns, we can face it; but let it smile, and we are undone.

Whatever you lend let it be your money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may contrive to do without it; name once lost you cannot get again.