Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

He is safe who admits no one to his confidence.

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.

There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use of their own simplicity.

In the presence of some people we inevitably depart From ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, And talk nonsense. When we get home we are conscious that we Have made fools of ourselves. Never go near these people.