It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions..

Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad..

Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterpri….

You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations..

Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture..

Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard of rectitude, and ….

The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed..

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other t….

There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversit….

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check..

Know how to play the card of contempt. It is the most politic kind of revenge. For there are many of whom we should have known nothing if their disti….

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young..

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do..

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself..

Cultivate those who can teach you..

He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal..

When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see..

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing..

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it..

The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness..

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled..