A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

Magnanimity is sufficiently defined by its name, nevertheless one can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving praise.

The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.

Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.