We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.

High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor.

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.