Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm.
Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate.
Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.