It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

Simple is the language of truth.

Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.