Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Who seeks shall find.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
After a storm comes a calm.
Never complain and never explain.
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!