It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.