The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

True valor is like honesty; it enters into all that a man sees and does.