Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
The sign brings customers.
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
We ought to consider the end in everything.
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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