A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.

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

Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.