Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Remember this! No amount of Bacchic reveling can corrupt an honest woman.
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.
He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.
Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.
To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.