Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.

The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.