Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.