“Well married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.”

“Pride slays thanksgiving ... A prideful man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”

“Once an ill can be patiently born it is robbed of its poison if not its pain.”

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is in the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has”

“If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.”

“Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.”

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not a choice. You must take it. The only question is how.”