He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Culture makes all men gentle.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Whom the gods love dies young.

The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.

The man who runs may fight again.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Bad company corrupts good character.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.

Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Know thyself means this that you get acquainted with what you know and what you can do.

A handsome person with perverted will is a fine craft thats handled without skill.

Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness.

Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.

It is not enough to tackle the mechanics of terror organizations. We must also tackle the situations that create terrorists. We desperately need to address the frustration, the loss and the despair that drive some to these actions.

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness.

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

If you don't love it, you can't suffer thru all the despair that comes with it. Keep doing it because you love it.

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Action is the antidote to despair.

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.