Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.