An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.
The compulsion of fate is bitter.
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, it was by taking to his heels in time.