The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

It is often hard to determine whether a clear, open, and honorable proceeding is the result of goodness or of cunning.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.