Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.
A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.
We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.
Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.
Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.
Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.