The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.