“To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.”

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

The wise man’s home is the universe.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

If people are speaking about something passionately and if they have a level of intelligence about it and if they’re sufficiently informed, it’s going to be like a magnet to people.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another.

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.