You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.

Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.

Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.

Know the great men of your age.

Hurry is the weakness of fools.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Evil report carries further than any applause.