"When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness"

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character"

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them"

"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity"

"Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die"

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes"

"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool"