The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.
We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state.