“O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain
To get by giving what you lost by gain.”

“If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way.”

“What do you gain, Soviet Union, from this miserable policy? Where is your decency? Would it be a disgrace for you to give up this battle?”

“Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.”

“The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.”

“And it's a pity too that I've no right to open your letters. I hope you don't get many, or my conscience will give me no peace.”

“What is gained through ignorance is bound to be lost through ignorance.”

“Press bravely onward! — not in vain
Your generous trust in human kind;
The good which bloodshed could not gain
Your peaceful zeal shall find.”

“Being your First Lady has been the greatest honor of my life, and I hope I've made you proud.”

“Count yourself lucky,” the potter went on, “that you have understood this now and not spent your years in vain hope. This much have you learned, and no learning is wasted.”