He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy

Fortune, when she caresses a man too much, makes him a fool

Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.

One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people.

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom

Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well

Where there is unity there is always victory.

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm. – Maxims

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety

He must fear many whom many fear

Formidable is that enemy that lies hid in a man’s own breast

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

The next day is never so good as the day before.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

Never thrust your sickle into another’s corn

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

It is not every question which deserves an answer.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

A god could hardly love and be wise

What is left when honor is lost?

No man is happy who does not think himself so

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm

There are men steady and wise whose body, words and mind are self-controlled. They are the men of supreme self-control.

To accept a benefit is to sell one’s freedom

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

There is no medicine to cure hatred.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.

The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted