It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.

No garden is without its weeds.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.