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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest... →
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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