The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.
It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.
A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.