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

the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every likelihood that they never would be friends again in any conditions that might obtain.

a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.

Money was their God; work their religion.

Be sure that you are right; and then go ahead.

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.

Do you know that being a stranger is the hardest thing that can happen to any one in all this world?