It is with our Passions, as it is with Fire and Water, they are 'Good Servants,' but 'Bad Masters.'

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.