A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Some remedies are worse than the disease.
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
No one reaches a high position without daring.
It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
Never promise more than you can perform.
Death laughs when old women frolic.
I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed.
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.