A good scare is worth more than good advice.
Half is done when the beginning is done.
There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.