When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. / Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; / Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. / To-morrow's falser than the former day; / Lies worse, and while it says we shall be blest / With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Dryden.
When I have told the truth, my part with it is done; and if the world will not listen, the world will just do the other way. Carlyle.
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times and to the latest. H. D. Thoreau.
When I strove after wisdom I appeared foolish to fools, and wise when I lived like them. The fool only esteems himself wise. Bodenstedt.
When I want any good head-work done, I always choose a man, if suitable otherwise, with a long nose. Napoleon.
When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only. Napoleon.
When I wish to ascertain the real felicity of any rational man, I always inquire whom he has to love. If I find he has nobody, or does not love those he has, I pronounce him a being deep in adversity. Mrs. Inchbald.
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thank'd enough; / I've done my duty, and I've done no more. Henry Fielding.
When ilka ane gets his ain, the thief will get 5 the widdie (gallows). Sc. Pr.
When in company, people will rather be entertained than instructed. Knegge.