We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.
Politeness smooths wrinkles.
Everything that is exact is short.
Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.