A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak.
It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.
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