You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
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.