Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.
You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.
A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.
Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.