It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.