Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Knowledge without wisdom is double folly.

What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

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

Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all the rest.

The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax