Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
In the harsh face of life faith can read a bracing gospel.
Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest
A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able.
If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.
A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student.