It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
I bend, but I do not break.
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.