A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.