Words are feminine; deeds are masculine..

Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone..

You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows..

Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect..

Hope is a great falsifier of truth..

Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness..

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one..

The truth is generally seen, rarely heard..

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island..….

Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains..

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness..

It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books..

Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief..

The worthless usually live long..

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno..

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else..

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are..

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything..

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have m….

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth..

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one..