Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.
It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.
A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.
as roads go, the road home is as good as any.
Of all the reports that fly about the world, ill news is the surest of all to arrive!
Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.