If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

This peck of troubles.

This peck of troubles.

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real read more

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.

It takes two to get one in trouble.

It takes two to get one in trouble.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

You may batter your way through the thick of the fray,
You may sweat, you may swear, you may read more

You may batter your way through the thick of the fray,
You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt;
You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule
Should ever be kept at the front;--
Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head
And kick every worriment out of the bed.

The memory of past troubles is pleasant.
[Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]

The memory of past troubles is pleasant.
[Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]