The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.
To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.
Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.