Those who make the worst use of their time most complain of its brevity.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
A modest man never talks of himself.
As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live a physician will be made fun of but he will be well paid.
Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.
The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
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