The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.