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.

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.