Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.
To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.