The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.
Surfeits of happiness are fatal.
Hope is a great falsifier of truth.
Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.
Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.