in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude.
cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.
People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.
when we are young our parents run our life; when we get older, our children do.
Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.
serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.