Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly |
Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret. |
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. |
Sovereign ability consists in knowing the value of things. |
Taste may change, but inclination never. |
Thank god my wife is neither a Serb nor a Jew. |
The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. |
The accent of our native country dwells in the heart and mind as well as on the tongue. |
The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit |
The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance. |
The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our conversation. |
The calm or disturbance of our mind does not depend so much on what we regard as the more important things of life, as in a judicious or injudicious arrangement of the little things of daily occurrence. |
The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune. |
The cause why the majority of women are so little given to friendship is, that it is insipid after having felt love. |
The charm of novelty and old custom, however opposite to each other, equally blind us to the faults of our friends. |