To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people, to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
We are all manufacturers - some make good, others make trouble, and still others make excuses.
Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion.
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.