It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

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.

You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.