Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief.
Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.
The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.