In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.

It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.