The worst of faces still is human.

Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

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 who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.