In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.

Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.

History never embraces more than a small part of reality