Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.

Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

We are never so generous as when giving advice.