Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.
A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.
He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.
There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.
The person, whom you favored with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you.