There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.
I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.
Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd
Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.