For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.

Not every age is fit for childish sports.

The evil that we know is best.

Man is no man, but a wolf

I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.