Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
What isn’t clear, isn’t French.
There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.