A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy. |
A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. |
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. |
If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find. |
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends |
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends |
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. |
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody |
The world, like an accomplished hostess, pays most attention to those whom it will soonest forget. |
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery |
Too nicely, Jonson knew the critic's part; nature in him was almost lost in Art |
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers |