We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. If the people have no bread, let them eat cake. Marie Antoinette He who has health has hope. And he who has hope has everything. Expect the worst.
Life is a play.
Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be the miracle. It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when one loves. I only wish I'd realized it sooner. O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor.