There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.
To be ungrateful is to be unnatural. The head may be thus guilty, not the heart.
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.
Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.