distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.