It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.
Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.
The majority is wicked.
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.