As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.
Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.
Though my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe.
Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.
The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
Life is not meant to be hard: if it is, we make it so.
The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.
Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.
Solve the problem of life? Live, and you solve it.
Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue.
It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning.
Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.
Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.
The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth.
It may be true that love is blind, but only for what is ugly: its sight is keen enough for what is beautiful.
Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.
As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused; so do thou let thy life, though darkened by adversity, be made all the more useful to thy fellows.
The best excuse is to have none.
The danger from lightning is gone when the thunder is heard, and the worst is over when misfortune has arrived.
Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.
For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
It needs as much generosity to take as to give.
