A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.