To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.

Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.

We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so.

We like to read others but we do not like to be read.