"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."
"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning."
"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
"It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage."