There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.
Young widows still bide their time.
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.
Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.