Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

- William Makepeace Thackeray -