Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.
Euripides
There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
chance fortune change happy chances worst
Account no man happy till he dies.
man happy
The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.
gifts man good bad
Slight not what's near, while aiming at what's far.
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
possession wife
Second thoughts are ever wiser.
thoughts
Cowards do not count in battle they are there, but not in it.
battle count
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders todayand in fact we have forgotten.
quality life age courage past leaders nation public fact forgotten
Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
sense
In misfortune, what friend remains a friend?
misfortune friend
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
gain ignorance
Human misery must somewhere have a stop: there is no wind that always blows a storm.
human wind storm stop misery
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
man evil good clever friend ignorant
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
happiness god
soul touch love
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