To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.
To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.
To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.
Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.
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.