Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.

Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.