What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.

It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.