Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all.
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.
Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice.
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.
Friendship can exist between persons of different sexes, without any coarse or sensual feelings; yet a woman always looks upon a man as a man, and so a man will look upon a woman as a woman.
There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
We all covet wealth, but not its perils.
There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it
There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.
False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.
A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?
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