Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.
Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality.
In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer.
We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others.