Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.

Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.

Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.