Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.
A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it.
Every man, however little, makes a figure in his own eyes.
Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.
Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.
A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.