Success Rarely Brings Satisfaction.

It Is Better To Have Too Much Courtesy Than Too Little, Provided You Are Not Equally Courteous To All, For That Would Be Injustice.

Even Monarchs Have Need Of Authors, And Fear Their Pens More Than Ugly Women The Painter's Pencil.

Never Have A Companion That Casts You In The Shade.

Beauty And Folly Are Generally Companions.

Most Do Violence To Their Natural Aptitude, And Thus Attain Superiority In Nothing.