A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.