Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other.
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.
Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.
Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.
Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.