Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.

While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.