Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.
Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.
The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.