Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would.
Life is a warfare against the malice of others.
Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Truth is for the minority.
Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.