Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.