Beauty and folly are generally companions.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.