One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
Everything that is exact is short.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.