There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
A great part of this life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure.
The world has no room for cowards.
To the old our mouths are always partly closed; we must swallow our obvious retorts and listen. They sit above our heads, on life's raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity.
I consider the success of my day based on the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.