The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room.
Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.
Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success; about the hollowness of failure they are silent.
Thoughts can be revised. Deeds cannot.
I create my social existence by earning and spending.