Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.]

Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.

Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.

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

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.