A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity..

A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. ….

It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow..

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground.

Life is a warfare against the malice of others..

The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not ….

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulde….

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side..

To oblige people often costs little and helps much..

One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity..

The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it..

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it..

If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others..

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard..

Have Friends. 'Tis a second existence..

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions..

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong..

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil..

A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes..

Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end.

The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease spreads to the mouth, your reputation will be in d….