We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.