There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.

The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture.

It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.