It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can sneak off a little before midnight to escape this?

I am so fed up and joyless that not only have I nothing to fill my soul, I cannot even conceive of anything that could possibly satisfy it - alas, not even the bliss of heaven.

...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

The Bible is God's love letter to us

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.