The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.