Bear the burden of the present,
Let the morrow bear its own;
If the morning sky be pleasant.
Why the coming night bemoan?

Holy strivings nerve and strengthen,
Long endurance wins the crown;
When the evening shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay the burden down. [ Thomas Mackellar ]

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body. [ Seneca ]

Business and action strengthen the brain, but too much study weakens it. [ Proverb ]

The wit of most women goes more to strengthen their folly than their reason. [ La Roche ]

The people's liberties strengthen the king's prerogative, and the king's prerogative is to defend the people's liberties. [ Charles I. of England ]

Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism; as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking. [ Colton ]

The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others. [ John Ruskin ]

Here below is not the land of happiness: I know it now; it is only the land of toil, and every joy which comes to us is only to strengthen us for some greater labor that is to succeed. [ Fichte ]