We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?

Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die.

Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.

Defeatism is the wretchedest of policies.

It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.

Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your [copy]rights.