We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.