The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.

Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.

We have neither the strength nor the opportunity to accomplish all the good and all the evil which we design.

Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.