Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.

There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.

Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.