One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.
I have met a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common.
There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright.
Friendship is usually treated...as a tough...thing which will survive all manner of bad treatment. But this is an exceedingly great and foolish error; it may die in an hour of a single unwise word.
The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in our hearts.
Humiliation is a guest that only comes to those who have made ready his resting-place, and will give him a fair welcome. ... no one can disgrace you save yourself.