Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.
Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
To be at ease is better than to be at business.