A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy..

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor..

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues..

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find..

What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her..

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody..

In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining, May my lot no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair can afford for reclining, And a cot that ….

To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one..

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel..

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded..

We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to gua….

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers..

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached..

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult..

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it..

Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance..

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior..

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery..

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire..

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends..