One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Everyone has a past to overcome and a future to conquer. Believe yourself and move on.

I love how intimate I've become with failure.

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

All that is deformed ought to be reformed. The Word of God alone teaches us what ought to be so, and all reform effected otherwise is vain.

An attack of hope is the same for us as an attack of fever.

Life is a marvelous, transitory adventure.

Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.

I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta." Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird.

I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.

Everyone in my family was a very serious worker, always with a determination to provide for each other.