There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.
That which takes effect by chance is not an art.
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer.
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.