He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary

Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.

There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.

The voice is nothing but beaten air.

Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.