While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. – Samuel Johnson
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. – Colette
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. – Hugh Miller, Snow on the Wind
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them. – John Aughey
In jealousy there is more self-love than love. – François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665
A show of envy is an insult to oneself. – Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Oscar Wilde
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. – Brendan Francis
