Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it.
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.