A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student.

Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Being happy enables you to be free from domination by the outside world.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

And if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought.