Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.
Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be the announcement only of a greater. Put not all your reserves into the first throw; the great trick is to dole out strength, and to dole out mind, in such a fashion as to bring forward increasingly the fulfillment of what was expected of you.
Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.
Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.
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 made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
No' and 'Yes' are words quickly said, but they need a great amount of thought before you utter them.
We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.
When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.
Do not be held a cheat, even though it is impossible to live today without being one. Let your greatest cunning lie in covering up what looks like cunning.
Hear, see, and be silent.
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.
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.
Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax
Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
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