Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.
Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.
He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.