In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.