I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
It is well for one to know more than he says.
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
You drown him by your talk.