A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'

A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.

Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time.

Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.