Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.
There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.
The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.