A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

As a final incentive before giving up a

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.