Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.
Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.
None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others.
If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.
A gilded No is more satisfactory than a dry Yes.
God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.
There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
To oblige people often costs little and helps much.
A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.
One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground
It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.
We live by information, not by sight.
Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.
It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.
Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
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