Passion colors all that it touches in its own hues.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
To keep is more important than to make friends.
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.