Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.
As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.
I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.