To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art.