Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.
Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.
History never embraces more than a small part of reality
The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.
The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.
Kings do with men as with pieces of money; they give them what value they please, and we are obliged to receive them at their current and not at their real value.