Emotions and Feelings

Human misery must somewhere have a stop. There is no wind that always blows a storm.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop. There is no wind that always blows a storm.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.