A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.
The more the change, the more it is the same thing.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
Friendship between two women is always a plot against another one.