The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
It is pleasant at times to play the madman.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.