The most trying moments in human experience were those in which there was nothing to be done except to wait.

There is a country proverb which says, 'If you don't trouble trouble - trouble won't trouble you.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.