A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.

It is often the easiest move that completes the game.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.