Have Friends. 'Tis a second existence.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Truth is for the minority.