The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
It is better to give than to lend and it costs about the same.
Strength is the outcome of need.
We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.