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.
Who is content with nothing possesses all things.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.
Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.