Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable.
A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.
Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.