If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. - William McFee

There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to galvanize, to arouse into an almost incredible activity of soul.

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.