John Churton Collins

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

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

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

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

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

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

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

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

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