The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.