The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
Speak briefly and to the point.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.