The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired

Comments and Image

I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chatted all the way,
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne'er word said she
But, oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!

Comments and Image

Then welcome each rebuff
That turns earth's smoothness rough,
Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go!
Be our joys three-parts pain!
Strive, and hold cheap the strain;
Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!

Comments and Image

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

Comments and Image

'Wouldst thou' - so the helmsman answered, -
'Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mystery!'

Comments and Image

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Comments and Image

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind
exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness
grinds he all.

Comments and Image