Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Never complain and never explain.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
After a storm comes a calm.
Only the educated are free.
We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.