Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers.

Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of the conviction that there is something better, even against one's own inclination.