And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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.
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.