Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.
Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.
One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.
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.