A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
Silence is the best reply to a fool.
There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.
Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.
Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
Stubbornness destroys good advice.