Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

The world of book is the stream of souls.

Plain as a nose in a man's face.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them

We both spend our money on things that break too easily like… people.

With the most infinite tenderness I have ever known in my life, he put his arms around me, gently, gently, and I embraced him around the neck, and we touched.

It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?