“The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?”

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

In everything one must consider the end.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

The sign brings customers.

One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.

Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Diversity, that is my motto.

Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.