Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.
Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
Great men, like nature, use simple language.
Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.