Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what e gets if he loses both.
The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the window.
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
Once a wolf, always a wolf.
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
It is absurd to ape our betters.
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
Kindness is more persuasive than force.
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued.
If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity.
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.