Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.
Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.