Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

Thrift is of great revenue.

There is a wide, yawning black infinity. In every direction, the extension is endless; the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce.

I always entertain great hopes.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.