The only thing constant in life is change

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable.

Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

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

Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.