A gumbo of quotes and proverbs

1.The most timid soul is made bold by necessity.-Chinese proverb
2.Talent develops in quiet places,character in the full current of human life.-Goethe
3.Look upon adversity as opportunity in disguise.-Chinese proverb
4.Age does not make us childish,as some say;it only finds us true children still.-Goethe
5.Go often to the house of a friend;for weeds soon choke up the unused path.-Scandinavian proverb
6.You cannot do a kindness too soon,for you never know how soon it will be too late.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
7.It is not enough to succeeed.Others must fail.-Gore Vidal
8.Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves;and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.-Antoine de Saint-Exupery,THE LITTLE PRINCE.
9.He dies twice who perishes by his own hand.-Latin proverb