Length of saying makes languor of hearing.
Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.
In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears
The egoist does not tolerate egoism.
When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.