"Advice is least heeded when most needed."

"Character is what you are in the dark."

"A contented mind is a continual feast."

"Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way."

"Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

"Do not condemn the man that cannot think or act as fast as you can, because there was a time when you could not do things as well as you can today."

"If I traveled to the end of the rainbow As Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me The pot's at the other end."

"I call that a scumhead."

"It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after."

"The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good."

"The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they live."