Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

A person dishonored is worst than dead.

Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.

Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do is this life is to let himself die.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.

It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.