Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls.
Victor HugoA house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.
Victor HugoHe is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.
Victor Hugo