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

There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

Make your friends your teachers and mingle the pleasures of conversation with the advantages of instruction.

They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.

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.

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