To be brave one short instant is no easy matter it is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.
Parents are friends that life gives us friends are parents that the heart chooses.
Gratitude weighs heavy on us only when we no longer feel it.
The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.
Doubt is a necessity of the mind faith of the heart.
It is unfair to hold people responsible for our illusions of them.
Wealth makes everything easy - honesty most of all.
Boredom is the fear of self.
Of all feats of skill the most difficult is that of being honest.