Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.

A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.

...it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor.