aphorisms

"Hell is paved with infants' skulls."

"L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs."

"Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in with the bones of great men."

"Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works."

"El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones."

"[T]he road to hell is paved with adverbs."

"Hell is paved with priests' skulls."

"It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also."

"Hell is paved with good intentions."

"Hell is full of good meanings and wishings."

"Do not be troubled by St. Bernard's saying that "Hell is full of good intentions and wills.""

"Die Helle ist mit Mönchskappen, Pfaffenfalten, und Pickelhauben gepflastert."

"The sinner who repented after the offense, was a little imprudent."

"Do not take part in the council, unless you are called."

"Avarice is kind to no one, and most cruel toward itself."

"There are some remedies worse than the disease."

"A noble steed is not annoyed by the barking of dogs."

"Repentance for our past deeds is a severe mental punishment."

"To be not too sanguine of our conclusions, is one half of wisdom."

"It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are."

"Even calamity becomes virtue's opportunity."

"We may with advantage at times forget what we know."

"Bear without murmuring what cannot be changed."

"An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger."

"It is a useless defense which cannot find a fair trial."

"The most formidable enemy lies hid in one's own heart."

"Powerful indeed is the empire of habit."

"The severest affliction is the one which has never been tried."

"Man's life is a loan, not a gift."

"Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself."

"Avoid cupidity, and you conquer a kingdom."

"The greatest of comforts is to be free from blame."

"A kindness should be received in the spirit that prompted it."

"Pecuniary gain first suggested to men to make Fortune a goddess."

"Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not be listened to."

"Consider what you ought to say, and not what you think."

"Folly had rather be unheard than be buffeted."

"It is well to moor your bark with two anchors."

"Every man is a master in his own calling"

"Patience is a remedy for every sorrow."

"One day treats us like a hireling nurse, another, like a mother."

"Pleasant is the remembrance of the ills that are past."

"Speed itself is slow when cupidity waits."

"The party to which the rabble belong is ever the worst."

"The good to which we have become accustomed, is often an evil."

"He who takes counsel of good faith, is just even to an enemy."

"The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules."

"Prosperity is the nurse of ill temper."

"Fortune has no lawful control over men's morals."

"In the presence of a good man, anger is speedily cooled."