Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.
Wisdom is the repose of the mind.
Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.
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.
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.