Nothing is well known except through experience.
It is a strange purpose to pursue power and lose freedom.
Discretion is a virtue, without which the others cease to be so.
Self-respect is, after religion, the main restraint of vices.
The head of many tall people resembles houses; the highest floor is the worst furnished.
The selfish person would be capable of setting fire to the neighbor's house to fry an egg.
A man is willing to believe what he would like to be true.
The experience of centuries proves that luxury heralds the decline of empires.
The argument is like shooting a crossbow, it is equally effective when aimed at a giant as it is at a dwarf.
While we admire and exalt the faculties of human intelligence, we forget to seek its true collaborators.