Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.

He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Your best investment is to pour your purse into your head, and no one can take it away from you.