to hope was to expect

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.

I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I've done nothing useful with my life.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best