Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
We live not according to reason, but according to fashion.
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.
There are more people abusive to others than lie open to abuse themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.