Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.