One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
None can pray well but he that lives well.
A good life is the only religion.
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
He that would have fruit must climb the tree.
Better hazard once than always be in fear.
What a day may bring, a day may take away.
Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.
Riches enlarge, rather than satisfy appetites.
A good horse should be seldom spurred.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
All things are difficult before they are easy
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Danger past, God is forgotten.
Better a tooth out than always aching.
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.