The life of an old man is like a lighted candle in a draft.
—Japanese.
1245
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.
—From the Chinese.
1246
He was—describe him who can,
An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man;
A truer, nobler, trustier heart,
More loving or more loyal, never beat
Within a human breast.
1247
Some men remain poor because they haven't enough friends, and some because they have too many.