Surfeits of happiness are fatal.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.