Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of one's knowledge, and what is to be their end? What can be more deeply disheartening than to wonder whether one's soul is, perhaps, a material thing, like a stone or a reptile, corruptible like these base creatures? Is there not more strength and greatness of mind in admitting the idea of a being superior to all other beings, who has made them all and to whom all owe their existence; of a being supremely perfect, who is pure, who had no beginning and can have no ending, of whom our soul is the image and, so to speak, a portion, being a spiritual and immortal thing?
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude.
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.
No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched.
A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.
There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all.
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the contrary, who is very impatient in procuring a certain thing, takes so much pains about it, that, even when he is successful, he does not think himself sufficiently rewarded.
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
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