Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-laid eggs. No visits to the afflicted. No opportunities for the milk of human kindness to flow. Naturally it doesn't.

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb.

Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little.

It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.

The most trying moments in human experience were those in which there was nothing to be done except to wait.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.