“Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.”

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”

“One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.”

“A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.”

“Harness the imagination: Sometimes curbing her, sometimes giving her rein, for she is the whole of happiness. She sets to rights even the understanding. She sinks to tyranny, not satisfied with mer...”

“Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”