Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
A hare is not caught with a drum.
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.