"Anger is a bad counselor."

"If the young only knew; if the old only could."

"Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth."

"From word to deed is a great space."

"Adversity is the touchstone of friendship."

"Better the foot slip than the tongue."

"In today's world, no State, however powerful, can protect itself on its own. Likewise, no country, weak or strong, can realize prosperity in a vacuum."

"It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative."

"Anybody who has listened to certain kinds of music, or read certain kinds of poetry, or heard certain kinds of performances on the concertina, will admit that even suicide has its brighter aspects."

"You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others."

"The dark today leads into light tomorrow; There is no endless joy, ...and yet no endless sorrow."

"It strkes me as singularly inappropriate for a school to use its students for fund-raising. It reminded me of the first time I saw a gypsy mother send her baby out to beg."