We are never ripe till we have been made so by suffering.
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.
I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.
It's not work that kills [people], it is worry.
Love is the world's river of life
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.