I bend and do not break.
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
He knows the universe and does not know himself.