Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.

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

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.