All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

Narrow waists and narrow minds go together.

It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.