Without Courage, Wisdom Bears No

To Oblige People Often Costs Little And Helps Much.

Even Monarchs Have Need Of Authors, And Fear Their Pens More Than Ugly Women The Painter's Pencil.

The True Way Is The Middle One, Halfway Between Deserving A Place And Pushing Oneself Into It.

Know How To Play The Card Of Contempt. It Is The Most Politic Kind Of Revenge. For There Are Many Of Whom We Should Have Known Nothing If Their Distinguished Opponents Had Taken No Notice Of Them. There Is No Revenge Like Oblivion, For It Is The Entombment Of The Unworthy In The Dust Of Their Own Nothingness.

Things Do Not Pass For What They Are, But For What They Seem. Most Things Are Judged By Their Jackets.