Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word never to withdraw one.
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Words are feminine deeds are masculine.
Know or listen to those who know.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Wise men appreciate all men for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Superiority is always detested.