The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.
Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.
We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.
It is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the dead.
The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.