He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.
You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.
To overvalue something is a form of lying.
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.