n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.
You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.
The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.