Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
Few are the friends of a mans self, most those of his circumstances.
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.