Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
Exaggeration is a branch of lying.
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.