When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.Francis Bacon
The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.Francis Bacon
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.Fyodor Dostoevsky
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.Fyodor Dostoevsky
