We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.
Most imitators attempt the inimitable.
Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.
We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.
To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.
The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.