Fortunate is the man who always finds at the right time, the cloth laid, and the bed made.


To have a good heart and to be unable to find another to appreciate it, is like having a ducat in a desert, where you can buy nothing with your gold.


He that gives a broken head should also give a plaster wherewith to mend it.

If we could know the secret history of heroism, deeds would become known which are now never dreamed of.


If we are to sing the beauty of the sky, of flowers, of love and of innocence, and of every thing grand and beautiful; let us go to our quiet chamber, or near a limpid stream, or where we will catch the pure spray of a magnificent waterfall.


An active and willing solicitor brings the doubtful suit to a happy issue.