Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with... - Henry Ward Beecher

"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."

"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."

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."

"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."