The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.