A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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.
Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.
Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.