Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.

The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.