 In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. |
| Speech is the mirror of action. |
| Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky. |
| No one can be said to be happy until he is dead. |
| Learn to obey before you command. |
| Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. |
| I grow old learning something new every day. |
| No man is happy; he is at best fortunate. |
| Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. |
| Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. |
| Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky. |
