If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.
There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.
That grief is light which can take counsel.
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.
Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent.