Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.
Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.
It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.
Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.