It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

A tall, well-built man with a deep chest and broad shoulders can carry a heavy burden with ease and unconcern, and still keep one hand free; a dwarf would be crushed by half that weight. Thus lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

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

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

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.