Anger, the Stoics said, was a short madness.
They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.
There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.
Friendship is made fast by interwoven benefits.
A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.