Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.
Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.
The more it changes, the more it's the same thing.
Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.