It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.