The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune; it is a vain display of our strength of mind, and in short the moderation of men at their greatest height is only a desire to appear greater than their fortune.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

Preserving the serious health condition is usually painful.

Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart.

How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life.