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

A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.

The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.