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

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

A man's wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.

When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

The older a fool is, the worse he is.