He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

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

Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.

There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.