If you speak insults you will hear them also.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
Your wealth is where your friends are
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.
It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.