We have one language, and two ears for a reason: we need to listen more than we speak.
The key to everything is determination.
Determination is the key to everything.
If you have an opinion, you better be determined.
With care do you realize your opportunities.
Make distance between you and every dirtiness.
Laughing without a reason is rude.
Winds blow counter to what the ship wants. You don’t always get everything your way.
Opinion comes before the bravery of the braves.
If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank.
You are striking cold iron. This means you’re trying to change something that you can’t.
The rope of lies is short. There is only so much leeway you have when you lie. Once that very short rope runs out, you’ll have to face the consequences.
The stupid might want to help you, but they just ended up hurting you.
Wishing does not make a poor man rich.
Everyone is critical of the flaws of others, but blind to their own.
What is learned in youth is carved in stone.
Be wary around your enemy once, and your friend a thousand times. A double crossing friend knows more about what harms you.
Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
It’s better to avoid mistakes altogether than do something that you should apologize for after.
Good health is a crown worn by the healthy that only the ill can see.
Like a fish in water. Another way to say that someone is a natural.
Be in the world, but not of the world.
Think of the going out before you enter.
Give your friends your money and your blood, but don’t justify yourself. Your enemies won’t believe it and your friends won’t need it.
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.