Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.
Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.