To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.