Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.