The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.

Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.

There is always room for the man of force.