Do not confound pride or dignity with inordinate self-esteem.
Some men are wise enough to pretend they are fools.
What companion can be compared to a good book?
Before you marry, Luisa, know well to whom you will be united. Whoever undertakes a long journey, if he be wise, makes it his business to find a good and agreeable companion.
Success is like a great rock up which you can only climb with great difficulty, and from which it is very easy, and also very dangerous, to fall.