It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.