A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.
Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.
People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.