Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.