“If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.”

The good befriend themselves.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

The tyrant is a child of pride.

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?

The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we’re all in this together, and that’s what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

God himself helps those who dare.

I couldn’t help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for–to find out how much a man could take without breaking.

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

There’s no need to suffer in silence – share how you’re feeling, ask how someone is doing and listen for the answer, be willing to ask for help when you need it, and know that we are all in this together.

The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.

Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 3000 B. C.