Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.
The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.