The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.

If Nature be not improved by instruction, it is blind; if instruction be not assisted by Nature, it is maimed; and if exercise fail of the assistance of both, it is imperfect.

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

Instead of using medicine, better fast today.

Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.