While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.

You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything.

In this world, you only get what you grab for.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.