Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

Success rarely brings satisfaction.

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil.

An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.