Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

The older I get the more I trust in the law according to which the rose and the lily bloom.

Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.

Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither evidence nor common sense nor reason has the slightest influence upon them.