The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
Lazy people always intend to start doing something.
It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.
Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.