The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor

Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.