Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.
To be at ease is better than to be at business.
If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.