The middle of life is the testing-ground of character and strength.
Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but the old way of tears.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Many love me, but by none am I enough beloved.
Truly there is nothing in the world so blessed or so sweet as the heritage of children.
Spring cold is like the poverty of a poor man who has had a fortune left him - better days are coming.