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.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

Know or listen to those who know.

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.

God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.