"Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one."

"The things we remember best are those better forgotten."

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."

"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."

"Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it."

"We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend."

"Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."

"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."

"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

"Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching."

"It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you."

"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

"Evil report carries further than any applause."

"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."

"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."

"True knowledge lies in knowing how to live."

"Work is the price which is paid for reputation."

"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."

"There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

"A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are."

"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island..to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing."

"Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax"

"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself."