Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.
Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.
The more merit, the less affection.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.