The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

If life is merely a joke, the question still remains: for whose amusement? No one knows what he can do till he tries.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar.

The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Every question does not deserve an answer.

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Yesterday should be the teacher of today.

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.