A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least.
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.