There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.