What was money that it should make such dreadful things of men and women?

it takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.

I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose, among the only ones who live beyond the grave in this world, the people who write books that help, make exquisite music, carve statues, paint pictures, and work for others. Never mind the calico dress, and the coarse shoes. Work at you books, and before long you will hear yesterday's tormentors boasting that they were once classmates of yours.

Tears were a blessing; they were a relief; they did wash the ache from the heart, ease brain strain, and encourage the soul.

Sometimes it seems to me that the more we get hurt in this world the decenter it makes us.