“In this world we must help one another.”

Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.

It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.

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.

Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.

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

When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.