wisdom Quotes

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.