The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

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.

Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.