Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
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.