Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.
Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
To be at ease is better than to be at business.
Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.
God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.