No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

I bend and do not break.

The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.