Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.

Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.

If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

Constancy is the chimera of love.

We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.

As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.