God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

Length of saying makes languor of hearing.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

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

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.