Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.