Colour itself is a degree of darkness.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Association with women is the basis of good manners.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.