"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."

"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on."

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

"There are some people who are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."

"He was a man who, if he had a mind to do a thing, would do it."