If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.