An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.
A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.