By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.
To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.
He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
Repentance is accepted remorse.
The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.