Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.
It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.
He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.
To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.
Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.