Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties.
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Admiration is the basis of ignorance.
Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.