Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.
That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.
Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the man who neither knows himself nor takes to hear what another says, he is no good at all.