To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.

There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change their manners.