There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

There is nothing which continues longer than a moderate fortune; nothing of which one sees sooner the end than a large fortune.

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.

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

It is through madness that we hate an enemy, and think of revenging ourselves; and it is through indolence that we are appeased, and do not revenge ourselves.