No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them.

We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary.

We should often blush at our noblest deeds if the world were to see all their underlying motives.

Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a great one - as the wind blows out a candle but fans fire into flame.

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.

Organize one's values in the order of their worth