Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.
Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.