Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common.

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.