The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

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

The older a fool is, the worse he is.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.