JOHN CHURTON COLLINS

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.

To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.