“One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering
“We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes
“World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain
“At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction
“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property
“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact