Even trees do not die without a groan

Say what you have to say, not what you ought.

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

Be not simply good; be good for something.

It's not our place to sit here and moan and groan about those things. We've just got to go out and make things happen for us.

I did not know at first what ailed me. At last it occurred to me that what I had lost was a country.