Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
There is no protection against slander.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.