Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.

He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.

The worthless usually live long.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Hear, see, and be silent.