The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.
It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.
It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste.
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
There is real love just as there are real ghosts; every person speaks of it, few persons have seen it.
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity