We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.

It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.

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.

Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily.

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