Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

That comes too late that comes for the asking.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult