I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.