"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

this holds true in present day life too...we follow a law we never ask for a reason...

“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.”

“Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.

So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull...

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.