God helps those who help themselves

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
-William Shakespeare

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
-Samuel Johnson

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
-Oscar Wilde

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
-C. S. Lewis

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
-Benjamin Franklin

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
-Henry David Thoreau

What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.
-Virgil