Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

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

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. - The Oracle.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.

A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Time and I against any two.