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

Dripping water hollows out a stone

A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.

Thanks are justly due for boons unbought

Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.