If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
Don't go looking for trouble.
Persuasion is better than force.
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.