Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
Love and friendship exclude each other.
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.
It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.