Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.

The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of caution inside, on the other side of the keyhole.

Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes.

Superiority is always detested.