There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Many value appearances more than reality—thus they violate what’s right.

Many value appearances more than reality—thus they violate what’s right.

The wisest of the wise still fail.

In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

Time in its aging course teaches all things, overtakes all things alike, and brings all things to pass.

To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile.

The force of necessity is irresistible.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant or an enemy, must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Flattery's the food of fools and whoso likes such airy meat, will soon have nothing else to eat.