“I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.”

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.