“A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.”

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.

The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.

He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.

In everything we ought to look at the end.

The strongest passion is fear.

One returns to the place one came from.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Let your inner queen’s voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you’ll do her proud.

They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.

Actions don’t only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person’s feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It’s better to be honest.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”

There are things that I don’t say out loud. And so they just live in the roots of my soul.

On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.