 Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. |
| The humble are in danger when those in power disagree. |
| Success tempts many to their ruin. |
| The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it. |
| The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane. |
| A learned man has always riches in himself. |
| Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. |
| Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. |
| In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain. |
| The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking. |
| Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty. |
| Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him. |
| An alliance with a powerful person is never safe. |
| In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name. |
| Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. |
| That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. |
| The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind. |
| It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard. |
| Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you. |
| I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty. |
