Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
Virtue is the first title of nobility.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat to live, not live to eat.
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.