We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.
Man is a social animal.
Ignorance is the cause of fear.
My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.