In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.
Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
He who can simulate sanity will be sane.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.