Who said “Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.”?

“A man is a god in ruins.”

“Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.”

“Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.”

“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.”

“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.”

“They who drink beer will think beer.”

“I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.”

“Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.”

“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.”

“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”

“There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.”