One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

Nothing weighs more than a secret.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.