In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears

A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again.

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

We are more conscious that a person is in the wrong when the wrong concerns ourselves.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

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

Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.