Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the owner, but in all the rest to the others: what belongs to another rejoices doubly, because it is without the risk of going stale and with the satisfaction of freshness. . . the possession of things not only diminishes their enjoyment, but augments their annoyance, whether shared or not shared.

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others.

It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.