What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.