“let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to have meaning; silence, that speech is to have meaning; illness, that health is to have meaning; war, that peace is to have meaning. Let us give thanks to Him for having given us weariness and pain, so that rest and joy are to have meaning. Let us give thanks to him, whose wisdom is infinite.” Leo Africanus

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater. Discourses

Hairdressers are professional gossips; when only the hands are busy, the tongue is seldom still. The Post Office Girl 

Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance. Never Give In!