Usually we praise only to be praised.

There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.

A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.

Fortune turns all things to the advantage of those on whom she smiles.