A modest man never talks of himself.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.

Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed.

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.