Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

Be first the master of yourself

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

The most and best of us depend on others; we have to live either among friends or among enemies.

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken.