It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. – Henry Van Dyke

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. – Tacitus

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments. – Henry Ward Beecher