The Clemency Of Princes Is Often But

To Listen Closely And Reply Well Is The Highest Perfection We Are Able To Attain In The Art Of Conversation.

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

There Are A Great Many Men Valued In Society Who Have Nothing To Recommend Them But Serviceable Vices.

How Can We Expect Another To Keep Our Secret If We Have Been Unable To Keep It Ourselves?

It Requires Greater Virtues To Support Good Fortune Than Bad.