three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.
Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?
Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.
Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.