Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.

To know and not do, is to not yet know.

The more people know, the more they forgive.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.