Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.
Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
Truth is for the minority.
A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.