Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.

He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.