It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.