A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.