It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
We have not enough strength to follow all our reason.
We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.
If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.