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.
Who lives content with little possesses everything.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
Happy who in his verse can gently steer, From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.