You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession..

Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the….

Passion colors all that it touches in its own hues..

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good..

Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes..

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft..

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious..

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards..

The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself..

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing..

It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters..

Wisdom and courage make mutual contributions to greatness..

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody..

Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot..

Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing..

To overvalue something is a form of lying..

There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed..

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which….

There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill..

There is no wilderness like a life without friends..

A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace..