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.
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
Who lives content with little possesses everything.
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.