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.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.

Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away

Great spenders are bad lenders.

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?