No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them.
Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.
One honor won is a surety for more.
The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem.