As One Grows Older, One Becomes Wiser

There Are No Events So Disastrous That Adroit Men Do Not Draw Some Advantage From Them, Nor Any So Fortunate That The Imprudent Cannot Turn To Their Own Prejudice.

Few Things Are Needful To Make The Wise Man Happy, But Nothing Satisfies The Fool; - And This Is The Reason Why So Many Of Mankind Are Miserable.

The Surest Way To Be Deceived Is To Consider Oneself Cleverer Than Others.

We Bear, All Of Us, The Misfortunes Of Other People With Heroic Constancy.

If It Requires Great Tact To Speak To The Purpose, It Requires No Less To Know When To Be Silent.