It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones.

The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men.

Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Share This Page