The man that makes a character, makes foes.

Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.

Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise