We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.