It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
You may be obliged to wage war, but not to use poisoned arrows.
The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.