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.

Trouble rides behind and gallops with him.
[Fr., Le chagrin monte en croupe et galope avec lui.]

Trouble rides behind and gallops with him.
[Fr., Le chagrin monte en croupe et galope avec lui.]

It takes two to get one in trouble.

It takes two to get one in trouble.

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.

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man read more

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.
[Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.]

He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.
[Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.]

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.