There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.
The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.
No book can be so good, as to be profitable when negligently read.
I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.