Ruckett

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when we feel it, no counsel helps; wisdom is either too early or too late.

— Ruckett

Who is mightier than death? Those who can smile when death threatens.

— Ruckett

Only in dreams does the happiness of the earth dwell.

— Ruckett

The fool needs company, the wise solitude.

— Ruckett

Whether joy or sorrowful, the heart needs a double, because a joy shared is doubled and a pain that is shared is divided.

— Ruckett

Though you are disappointed is hope; never let hope fail you! Though one door is shut, there are thousands still open to you.

— Ruckett

A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.

— Ruckett

In the perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense.

— Ruckett

Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.

— Ruckett

Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.

— Ruckett

My only wish is that my wishes be at rest.

— Ruckett