A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

Success has always been a great liar.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.