Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.
Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.
I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.