Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
Only a madman would give good for evil
I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.
Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story.