Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional honesty and nudity would burden them.
He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.
That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.
Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other.