If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

after a man passes 60, his mischief is mainly in his head.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honour.

Get the money first; virtue comes after.

The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we are very careful.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.