All finery is a sign of littleness.

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others.

Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.

The worst of faces still is human.