Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.