“Things ’twas hard to bear ’tis pleasant to recall.”

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”

“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.”

“Pete, let us have another game of brag, to recall the days that were so pleasant.”

“Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.”

“The only method of learning to bear with dignity the vicissitudes of fortune is to recall the catastrophes of others.”

“And lately, by the Tavern Door agape,
Came shining through the Dusk an Angel Shape
Bearing a Vessel on his Shoulder; and
He bid me taste of it; and 'twas — the Grape!”

“Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it.”

“Since Religion is calculated for reasonable Creatures, 'tis Conviction and not Authority that should bear Weight with them.”

“For energy, drive, hard work, range of friends at the highest levels, incredible recall, commitment to causes, he was peerless.”