Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.