To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.

It is only reasonable to allow the administration of affairs to mothers before their children reach the age prescribed by law at which they themselves can be responsible. But that father would have reared them ill who could not hope that in their maturity they would have more wisdom and competence than his wife.

A straight oar looks bent in the water. It matters not merely that we see a thing, but how we see it.

Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.

To behave rightly, we ourselves should never lay a hand on our servants as long as our anger lasts. Things will seem different to us when we have quieted and cooled down.

He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.