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

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance.