However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.
Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.
Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.
Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it.
The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.
The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.