» Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
» A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
» No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may mot be subdued by discipline.
» Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
» Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
» No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
» The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
» The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
» Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
» The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.