It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.

It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.

Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.

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

Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.