He that had never seen a river, imagined the first he met with to be the sea.
The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.
I give my opinion not as being good, but as being my own.
Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still.
..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.