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.

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

Everything that poverty touches becomes frightful.

Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine, Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how the right is chiefly with the strong.

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

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