To be misunderstood is the cross and bitterness of life. Amiel.
To be obliged to wear black, and buy it into 30 the bargain, is more than my tranquillity of temper can bear. Goldsmith.
To be once in doubt is once to be resolved. Othello, iii. 3.
To be, or not to be, that is the question; / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take up arms against a sea of troubles, / And, by opposing, end them. Ham., iii. 1.
To be perfectly just, is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities is the glory of man. (?)
To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise. Goldsmith.
To be prepared for war is one of the most 35 effectual means of preserving peace. Washington.
To be provoked with every slanderous word argues a littleness of soul, a want of due regard to God. Thomas à Kempis.
To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the master-works and chief men of each race. Emerson.
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. Holmes.