If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
