Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft.

There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.

To be at ease is better than to be at business.

Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.