Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.

In true friendship, in which I am expert, I give myself to my friend more than I draw him to me. I not only like doing him good better than having him do me good, but also would rather have him do good to himself than to me; he does me most good when he does himself good.

A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.

Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.

..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will.

Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose; whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk.