Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.