A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty.

The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.