Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
I can, therefore I am.
After a storm comes a calm.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Who seeks shall find.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.