There is no need to show your ability before everyone.
A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence.
Hear, see, and be silent.
Hurry is the weakness of fools.
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.