If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.