Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
You drown him by your talk.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.