A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.

Men have written in the most convincing manner to prove that death is no evil, and this opinion has been confirmed on a thousand celebrated occasions by the weakest of men as well as by heroes. Even so I doubt whether any sensible person has ever believed it, and the trouble men take to convince others as well as themselves that they do shows clearly that it is no easy undertaking.

We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.

Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.