There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.
It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes
It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.
When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.
The only real education comes from what goes counter to you.