Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.

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

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.