I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.

In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."

Whom the gods love dies young.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.