When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.
I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
We should pray for a sane mind in a sound body.
The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
It is difficult not to write satire.
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.
