No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
My friend is one... who take me for what I am.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?