The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.
Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
The reason that women do not love one another is - men.
It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.