To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.

Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash.

People do not die - they kill themselves.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.