Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.
What the multitude says, is so, or soon will be so.
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.
Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
To keep is more important than to make friends.
Knowledge without wisdom is double folly.
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.
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.
The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
To be at ease is better than to be at business.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.
Success rarely brings satisfaction.
There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.
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