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.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
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.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Know or listen to those who know.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Wise men appreciate all men for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
Words are feminine deeds are masculine.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.