You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.

It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions.

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

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.

Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.

Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.