But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep.

The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent.

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.

True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills