Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Lighter is the wound foreseen.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.