We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.
Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
We must prepare and study truth under every aspect, endeavoring to ignore nothing, if we do not wish to fall into the abyss of the unknown when the hour shall strike.
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
They understand but little who understand only what can be explained.
Do your duty until it becomes your joy.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Imaginary evils are incurable.
None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.