Hope is a great falsifier of truth.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.