A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.
A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others
Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.
If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'!
A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.