There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.
Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.
A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.
You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.
Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one.