When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
What is left when honor is lost?
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
Never promise more than you can perform.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.