There is more of fear than delight in a secret pleasure.
The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.
To-day is the pupil of yesterday.
He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another’s mishap.
A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.
He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.
They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their hands.
Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.
Frugality is misery in disguise.
That should be considered long which can be decided but once.
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
We die as often as we lose a friend.
All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.
A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.
You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.
No one should be judge in his own case.
Be your money’s master, not its slave.