That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it is well nigh impossible to occupy it well, and to appear worthy to fill it.

However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.