As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

Don't just think, do.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

We get blows and return them.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.