Receive no satisfaction for premeditated impertinence - forget it, forgive it - but keep him inexorably at a distance who of∣fered it.

There are no friends more inseparable than pride and hardness of heart, humility and love, falsehood and impudence.

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.

The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he...

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

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