Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.