To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.
To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.