It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we cannot complain.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.
Not every question deserves an answer.
It is time, not the mind, that puts an end to love.
Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.