Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.
It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others.
Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all the rest.