“Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.”
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.